appellative

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noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
adjective pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
adjective inclined to or serving for the giving of names

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

{312c} “From this pleasantry of my Lord Oxford, the appellative Martinus Scriblerus took its rise” (Deane Swift). — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift
The fifth set contains, one treatise on the Five Cases; one on Things defined according to the Subject; two on Enunciation, addressed to Stesagoras; two on Appellative Nouns. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius
With the humorous tone of the book is blent a sweet and kindly spirit that much enhances the charms of its wild adventures.” =CRITIC, NEW YORK.= “‘Boab’ is short for Boabdil de Clavigero, and the appellative ‘Little Giant’ but faintly indicates the prodigies of strength and valor performed by this marvellous child, in an elaborately erudite introduction, bristling with indisputable citations in black-letter from sixteenth-century travellers, our clever author seeks to dispel any possible doubt as to the real existence of his hero. — Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey, Ingersoll Lockwood

appellation, denomination, designation

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