Penny-pinching is a compound adjective for a miser. Another compound adjective is Scrooge-like.
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Compound adjectives are only compound before the noun.
No, it is the plural form of a compound noun. There is no adjective associated with the noun.
Yes, Roman numerals is a compound noun, an open spaced compound noun; a word made up of the adjective 'Roman' and the noun 'numerals' to form a noun with its own meaning. The adjective 'Roman' is a proper adjective and must be capitalized.
Compound adjectives are formed when you use two or more adjectives that are joined together with a hyphen to modify the same noun. She had a three-year-old cat is an example of a compound adjective in a sentence.
No it is two separate words, an adjective and an abstract noun.