nounnessn.

Brit.

/ˈnaʊnnəs/, U.S.

/ˈnaʊ(n)nəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noun n., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < noun n. + -ness suffix.

The nature or quality of a noun. In extended use: inactivity, passivity; concreteness or tangibility.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > status as

nounship1827

nounness1929

nouniness1969

1929 J. E. Downey Creative Imagination 70 The characteristic feeling of nounness..is of passive surveyance of means without implication of end, or ourselves or anyone as agent.

1934 Jrnl. Philos. 31 541 I am trying to locate..an experience content for which ‘a common noun’, or ‘common noun-ness’, is the verbal symbol.

1959 Science 30 Oct. 1167/3 Lightning is a noun in English,..and if its nounness is called in question we resort not to meaning but to certain distributional facts, for example, the fact that..it can be preceded by the article the.

1976 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 67 379 A given word may belong in more than one grammatical category and its ‘nouness’ or ‘verbness’ may vary.

1999 Esquire July 40/2 Hemingway was able to register the very nounness and verbness grained into things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nounness
释义	nounnessn. Brit. /ˈnaʊnnəs/, U.S. /ˈnaʊ(n)nəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noun n., -ness suffix. Etymology: < noun n. + -ness suffix. The nature or quality of a noun. In extended use: inactivity, passivity; concreteness or tangibility. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > status as nounship1827 nounness1929 nouniness1969 1929 J. E. Downey Creative Imagination 70 The characteristic feeling of nounness..is of passive surveyance of means without implication of end, or ourselves or anyone as agent. 1934 Jrnl. Philos. 31 541 I am trying to locate..an experience content for which ‘a common noun’, or ‘common noun-ness’, is the verbal symbol. 1959 Science 30 Oct. 1167/3 Lightning is a noun in English,..and if its nounness is called in question we resort not to meaning but to certain distributional facts, for example, the fact that..it can be preceded by the article the. 1976 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 67 379 A given word may belong in more than one grammatical category and its ‘nouness’ or ‘verbness’ may vary. 1999 Esquire July 40/2 Hemingway was able to register the very nounness and verbness grained into things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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