Alienans

Pronunciation

Origin

From Latin aliēnāns, present active particple of aliēnō ("make something another's"), from aliēnus ("another's, foreign").

Adjective

1. (rhetoric, philosophy, of a grammatical modifier, especially an adjective) Negating, denying, or casting doubt on the applicability of its modificand.''The newspaper never called him "the murderer", always "the

1. Because a "decoy duck" is not a duck, "decoy" is an alienans adjective.In the case of "brown duck", "brown" is not an alienans adjective.

Full definition of alienans

Noun

1. (rhetoric, philosophy) An alienans adjective.

Anagrams

• alanines