appellative

Example Sentences

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He and Barton were now called upon for their names, and in return, we were favoured with the liquid and vowelly appellatives, by which our ingenuous and communicative acquaintances were respectively designated.

From The Island Home by Dalziel

We see too how large a portion of this long list of appellatives may ultimately be traced back to a few primary roots.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

None of the modes of assuming what should be proved are in more frequent use than what are termed by Bentham "question-begging appellatives;" names which beg the question under the disguise of stating it.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart

She spoke Italian with her servants, and she was always caressing, fond of tender appellatives.

From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

But I feel, in my bones, that those pompous appellatives will not be always remembered.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)