appellative
nounEtymology From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
1
A common noun.
2
An epithet.
appellative
adj/əˈpɛlətɪv/
Etymology From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
2
Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
- as these things of nature, or natures of things, were sometimes deified by the Pagans plainly and nakedly in their own appellative names1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- appellatively, appellativeness, appellativization