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.

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

pro·nom·i·nal·ly, adverb
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pronominal (prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Pronominal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an exclamation point.
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All verbs contain at least a pronominal prefix and a verb base.
Pronominal prefix and noun gender the pronominal prefix is very much like that in verbs.
In many cases a pronominal prefix has dropped off, so that only the minimal stem remains.
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