Appellative

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–noun 

1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the [Bald]. 

2. a common noun.  



–adjective 

3. designative; descriptive. 

4. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites. 

5. pertaining to a common noun. 





　

almost 34, had just announced her separation from Cruise. She was about to ascend, headlining two hits (The Others and Moulin Rouge!) and soon to be named "Oscar nominee", "Entertainer of the Year" and any other title you could think of. (["Box Office Poison"] was a later appellative). 





see epithet