appellation
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əˈleɪ
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Appellation
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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appellation (ˌæpɪˈleɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an identifying name or title |
| 2. | the act of naming or giving a title to |
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Word Origin & History
appellation
late 15c., "action of appealing" (to a higher authority), from O.Fr. appellation (13c.), from L. appellationem (nom. appellatio), noun of action from appellare (see appeal). Meaning "designation, name given to a person, thing, or class" is from mid-15c., from a sense also found in M.Fr. appeler
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Example sentences
Of the 30 paintings on view, 2 or 3 at most deserve that appellation.
At the time, such an appellation was hardly far-fetched.
Today the term is used as a poetic appellation for all of Scotland.
The funding is for promotion of appellation of origin products, as well as organic goods.
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