— appellatively , adv. — appellativeness , n.
/euh pel"euh tiv/ , n.
1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
2. a common noun.
adj.
3. designative; descriptive.
4. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.
5. pertaining to a common noun.
[ 1375-1425; late ME ( appellativus. See APPELLATE, -IVE ]