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
Why Mister Gallagher, where did you learn that respectful appellative?
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
The only appellative for a river which I find derived from its sound is the Sanscrit nadi, Hind. nuddy, from nad, sonare.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
She had learned the tender German appellative from Fr�ulein.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
To the root vip place as an appellative the Welsh gwibio, to rove, wander, gwibiau, serpentine course.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
