ə adjective
3.
designative; descriptive.
4.
tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.
5.
pertaining to a common noun.
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Appellative
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| —n | |
| 1. | an identifying name or title; appellation |
| 2. | grammar another word for common noun |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to a name or title |
| 4. | (of a proper noun) used as a common noun |
| ap'pellatively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
appellative
1510s, from L. appellativus, from appellatus, pp. of appellare (see appeal). As a noun, attested from 1590s.
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