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
20 October 2024
(adjective) inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; “great brown eye, true and trustful”- Nordhoff & Hall
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
