appellative

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.

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2. adjective Of or pertaining to ascribing names.

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3. noun A common noun.
4. noun An epithet.

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Similar words

naming denotative appellation denotive designation denomination appellational applicational common appellant

Often followed by

of for nouns noun is function or and meaning

Word family

appellatively appellatives