appellative

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
  • Of or pertaining to ascribing names.

Noun

Origin

  • From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella-, with the adjectival suffix -ive.

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