Russell Kent wrote:

Irrelevant. Red is a noun. What part of speech does "red" play in the phrase
"roll out the red carpet"? It's an adjective, or more properly an adjectival
noun. So "feint" would be functioning as an adjectival noun for "praise".

And everyone knows that no air-cooled noun has ever suffered
a catastrophic loss of coolant. Water-cooled nouns are killers,
however, and should never be used in the same sentence as an
aviation-related noun. To do so tempts fate...and BOb.

Dave 'but can you say it in Klingonese?' Hyde