Definition of noun

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Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive..

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Homonym :: Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear..
Hendiadys :: Hendiadys (n.) A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups..
Denunciation :: Denunciation (n.) That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
Homily :: Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
Substantive :: Substantive (n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives..
It :: It (pron.) As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home..
Renouncer :: Renouncer (n.) One who renounces.
Person :: Person (n.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the subject..
Wegotism :: Wegotism (n.) Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism.
Demster :: Demster (n.) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.
Mino Bird :: Mino bird () An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words..
Pronounced :: Pronounced (a.) Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. [A Gallicism.
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc..
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon..
Thine :: Thine (pron. & a.) A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers..
Denouncing :: Denouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Denounc.
#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..
Lisp :: Lisp (v. t.) To pronounce with a lisp.
Suit :: Suit (n.) That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t..
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