appellative

Etymology

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

adj

  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
  2. Of or pertaining to ascribing names.

noun

  1. a common noun
  2. an epithet

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