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appellative

[uh-pel-uh-tiv]

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noun

a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
a common noun.

adjective

designative; descriptive.
tending toward or serving for the assigning of names.
the appellative function of some primitive rites.
pertaining to a common noun.

appellative

/ əˈ��ɛ��ə��ɪ�� /

noun

an identifying name or title; appellation
grammar another word for common noun

adjective

of or relating to a name or title
(of a proper noun) used as a common noun

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Other Word Forms

appellatively adverb
appellativeness noun
��ˈ��پ�� adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of appellative¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Late Latin ��ī��ܲ�. See appellate, -ive

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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.

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It will be seen at a glance that such appellatives are rare, by comparison, in the present day.

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A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas.

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So he can apply to himself whichever title he likes best; but whether he deserves either one or the other, depends on what he has done to merit the appellative.

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This appellative is one belonging to a sacred place of pilgrimage sacred to Ayonija, whose miraculous birth was thus brought about.

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appellation contrôlée appellee

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