Category:Noun

Noun, n. Etym: [of. noun, nun, num, non, nom, f. nom, fr. L. nomen Name. See name.] (gram.)

Defn: a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or Thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.

Note: by some grammarians the term noun is so used as to include Adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is limited to Substantives.