pronominal

[proh-nom-uh-nl]

pro·nom·i·nal

[proh-nom-uh-nl]
adjective
1.
Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
2.
Heraldry. noting the coat of arms on a quartered escutcheon: customarily occupying the first quarter and being the original coat of arms of the paternal line.
noun
3.
Grammar. a pronominal word.

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Pronominal is always a great word to know.
So is guillemet. Does it mean:
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
a paragraph mark.

Origin:
1635–45; < Late Latin prōnōminālis. See pronoun, -al1

pro·nom·i·nal·ly, adverb
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pronominal (prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl)
 
adj
relating to or playing the part of a pronoun
 
[C17: from Late Latin prōnōminālis, from prōnōmen a pronoun]
 
pro'nominally
 
adv

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