INNOMINATE

Etymology

Adjective

innominate (comparative more innominate, superlative most innominate)

Having no name; anonymous.

Noun

innominate (plural innominates)

An innominate bone

Source: Wiktionary

In*nom"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.]

1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place. [R.] Ray.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava. Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians.

– Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition