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Appellative

//əˈpɛlətɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to ascribing names. not-comparable

    "as these things of nature, or natures of things, were sometimes deified by the Pagans plainly and nakedly in their own appellative names"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inclined to or serving for the giving of names wordnet
  2. 2
    pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A common noun.
  2. 2
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others wordnet
  3. 3
    An epithet.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.

Etymology 2

From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.

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