nominativus pendens

noun

Etymology

From Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + Latin pendens (“hanging, waiting”).

  1. derived from pendens — “hanging, waiting

Definitions

  1. A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as…

    A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.

  2. Intentional use of such a construction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nominativus pendens. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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