单词 | appellative |
释义 | appellativeadj.n. A. adj. Having the characteristic of naming. 1. Designating a class; common as opposed to proper. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adjective] > common appellative1520 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. B.ii If they be nownes appellatyue. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 179v By names appellatiue..I vnderstand euerie name, which is common or maie comprehend diuers persons. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. As my design was a dictionary common or appellative, I have omitted all words which have relation to proper names. 1882 J. Robertson tr. Müller Heb. Synt. 48 Words that have almost or entirely lost their appellative meaning, as tehom, ‘abyss,’ ‘the deep.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] titulary1586 titular?1605 appellative1607 nominal1620 onomastical1715 onomastic1716 onymatic1860 appellational1882 onomantic1914 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 141 Many perticular Dogges, and their names appellatiue..as Scylax, Spoude, Alke, Rome. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. iv. 191 All Knights and doughty men Gave to themselves some name appellative. 3. Of or pertaining to the giving of names. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] onomastical1609 nuncupativea1620 denominativea1638 paronymical1653 nominative1844 onomastic1851 appellative1860 denominational1892 onomantic1914 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. iii. 64 The appellative faculty in the savage and in the infant. B. n. 1. A ‘common’ noun or name applicable to any one member of a whole class. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > common noun nameOE common name?a1425 common noun1561 appellative1591 commonization1973 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. B3v Of the Substantiues..some be proper, as Vasco Alonso. Some common, called also appellatiues, as Arbol,..a tree. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. vii. 76 Your rules of Appellatiues, or Common Nownes. 1747 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 8 Appellatives, or the names of species. 1854 T. De Quincey Let. 18 Nov. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 86 Appellatives, words not expressing an individual, but a class or species. 2. That which a thing or person is ‘called’; an appellation, designation, or descriptive name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] nameeOE wordeOE clepinga1300 namingc1300 neveningc1300 titlec1390 notea1393 stylec1400 calling?a1425 nomination?a1425 vocable1440 appellation1447 denomination?a1475 vocation1477 preface1582 prenomination1599 nomenclature1610 expressiona1631 denotation1631 appellative1632 compellation1637 denominate1638 nomenclation1638 nominance1642 titularity1643 entitlement1823 compellative1830 cognomen1852 tally1929 denotative1944 anthroponym1952 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 140 The Philistims called their Kings by a peculiar appellatiue. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 152 Whig and Tory..were the Appellatives; but the Mythology was Seditious and Loyal. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. iv. 52 Wily Will justified his appellative . View more context for this quotation 1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi ii. 31 The several appellatives by which Homer describes the army engaged in the siege of Troy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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