appellative
Example Sentences
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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
In referring to the root ark, erk, I have omitted the Ir. earc, water, the appellative most nearly concerned.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
She had learned the tender German appellative from Fr�ulein.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
From the verb comes the appellative ffrwd, a torrent, corresponding with the Bohem. praud, of the same meaning.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
To the root vip place as an appellative the Welsh gwibio, to rove, wander, gwibiau, serpentine course.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
