pronominal
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ə 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 (prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| relating to or playing the part of a pronoun | |
| [C17: from Late Latin prōnōminālis, from prōnōmen a | |
| 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. |
| a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: |
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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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