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
Again—there are forms such as ang, amb, and, &c., which are merely a strengthening of the roots ag, ab, ad, or at, and which also are found in a number of appellative forms.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Hence appellative words bearing any affinity with the names of the deceased are presently abolished.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
In many instances a word meaning river or runner remained the proper name of one river, without ever rising to the dignity of an appellative.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
Why Mister Gallagher, where did you learn that respectful appellative?
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
