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ap•pel•la•tive



Pronunciation: (u-pel'u-tiv), [key]
—n.
1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
2. a common noun.

—adj.
1. designative; descriptive.
2. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.
3. pertaining to a common noun.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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