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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•pel•la•tive (ə pel′ə tiv),USA pronunciation n. - a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
- Grammara common noun.
adj. - designative;
descriptive. - tending toward or serving for the assigning of names:the appellative function of some primitive rites.
- Grammarpertaining to a common noun.
- Late Latin appellātīvus. See appellate, -ive
- Middle French)
- late Middle English (1375–1425
ap•pel′la•tive•ly, adv. ap•pel′la•tive•ness, n. |