nounize

English

Etymology

noun + -ize

Verb

nounize (third-person singular simple present nounizes, present participle nounizing, simple past and past participle nounized)

  1. (transitive) To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.
    • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
      there (nounized)

Synonyms

References

nounize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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