Talk:hungry
Latest comment: 17 years ago by Brett in topic Hungy as a noun
Hungy as a noun change
User:Cethegus put an entry for hungry as a noun as in "The hungry need our help." I have removed it.
The reason is that most attributive adjectives can be used in this kind of construction (I believe it's called a fused head). It makes no sense to make a separate entry as a noun for every such adjective especially since they really don't have many noun-like properties. For example, they can't be modifed by adjectives as other nouns can, but they can be modified by adverbs, as you would expect with an adjective. Consider:
- the very good
- * the nice good