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Definition of Denotatum
1. Noun. An actual object referred to by a linguistic expression.
Definition of Denotatum
1. Noun. (linguistics philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denotatum
Literary usage of Denotatum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"... commissioners to visit the Arkansas Territory, accompanied by a denotatum of
Creeks, Choctaws, and Chickasaw* This expedition wns commanded by Messrs. ..."
2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"... denotatum, Fusus rusticas. Light fawn-coloured clay, " crab-bed " (4 ft. 6 in.)
with numerous carapaces of crustaceans ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1884)
"Elytral striae wide, intervals convex. i in pini rii HI ri ni uni. Black, punctures
of striae moderate, form convex, 1.5 mm. denotatum. ..."
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