Middle English Dictionary Entry
appellatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | appellatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a noun: designating one of a class, common (noun).
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)102 : Whether a noun be propure or appellatyf, id est comyn: propure ut Roma, comyn as silua.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)114 : The propre names of contreys, tounes or places that be compouned schul' folwe the reule of nounes appellatiues.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.295 : Men of Hebrewe say Cethura to be a nowne appellatiue.