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Definition of Appellative

1. Noun. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.

2. Adjective. Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun.

3. Adjective. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names. "The appellative function of some primitive rites"

Definition of Appellative

1. a. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

2. n. A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.

Definition of Appellative

1. Adjective. (context: grammar) Of or pertaining to a common noun. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ascribing names. ¹

3. Noun. A common noun. ¹

4. Noun. An epithet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Appellative

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Appellative

1. 1. A common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie. 2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name. "God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them." (Jer. Taylor) Origin: L. Appelativum, sc. Nomen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appellative

appeasing appeasing(a) appeasingly appeasive appel appellable appellancy appellant appellants appellate

appellate court appellate courts appellate jurisdiction appellation appellations appellative (current term) appellatively appellativeness appellatives appellatory

appellee appellees appellor appellors appels appenage appenages append appendage appendaged

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