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common noun
noun Grammar.
a noun that may be preceded by an article or other limiting modifier and that denotes any or all of a class of entities and not an individual, as man, city, horse, music.
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| common noun | |
| —n | |
| grammar Compare proper noun a noun that refers to each member of a whole class sharing the features connoted by the noun, as for example planet, orange, and drum | |
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is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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