APPELLATIVE

appellative. Appellative, a. common to many or all, general

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Ap‐pel″la‐tive (�), a. [[L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.]] 1. 1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.
2. 2. (Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.