noun substantive proper
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Q. What is a Noun Substantive Proper? A. That which is proper to the thing which it betokeneth. Q. Give an Example of a Noun Substantive Proper. A. Eduardus is my proper Name."
- "The Name of any Thing or Being, or any Word in English, which will admit of a, an or the, before it, so as without any other Word to make Sense, is a Noun Substantive; if it is common to all of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive Common; as Homo a Man, Angelus an Angel; but if it is proper to one, or to some of that Kind, it is a Noun Substantive proper, as Joannes, Gabriel."
- "Whether is lignorum a noun substantive proper, or a noun substantive common? Lignorum is a noun substantive common because it is common to more sticks than one."
- "A noun substantive proper is the name of some particular person, place, or thing: as Thomas is my proper name."