Nounjective?

Michael Quinion wordseditor at WORLDWIDEWORDS.ORG
Fri Aug 26 12:59:53 UTC 2011


It's not every year I discover a new part of speech. Colour me ignorant if
"nounjective" is a well-known term. If someone would tell me where this
rather disparaging term for what I'd call the attributive use of a noun
comes from, I'd be deeply grateful.

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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
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