appellative, naming
(adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names; “the appellative faculty of children”; “the appellative function of some primitive rites”
appellative
(adjective) pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
(noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
appellative (not comparable)
(grammar) of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun
of or pertaining to ascribing names
appellative (plural appellatives)
a common noun
an epithet
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pel"la*tive, a. Etym: [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]
1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.
2. (gram.)
Definition: Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
Ap*pel"la*tive, n. Etym: [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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