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

She had learned the tender German appellative from Fr�ulein.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

The younger brother softened at the old appellative; he composed his ruffled feathers, and went at it more submissively.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

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

With every proper name the etymological operation is by one degree more difficult than with an appellative....

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew