The Rice University Neologisms Database

The act of making a word act as a noun, referring to an entity, quality, state, action or concept. (‘he nouned the word carry’) Apparent meaning, etymology, and type of word formation: The act of making a word a noun (a word that refers to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept). The word “noun” is from Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French noun name, noun, from Old French nom, from Latin nomen, name. This type of word formation is a Zero Derivation became the word “noun” went from the part of speech as a noun and became a verb. Possible reason used: The coiner wished to describe the process of making a word a noun in a more succinct and descriptive way by making the word itself “noun” ironically became a verb.