Meanings
- not comparableRelating to appellation or naming.
From thy appellational womb / spew birth-gusts of great worms
1995, Gregory Corso, “Bomb”, in John Bradley, editor, Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age, page 492 more examples
It will, moreover, be convenient to keep a separate place (6) for names attributable to miscellaneous fancies; while, lastly (7), we shall speak of those appellational oddities which cease to be oddities, or become less odd than before, when they area rightly understood.
1882, “Oddities of Personal Nomenclature”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 45, page 213In the military, appellational protocol is mandatory. A corporal or sergeant would never dare address a captain or a major by his or her first name.
2012, Abné M. Eisenberg, Prescriptive Communication for the Healthcare Provider, page 256
Origin
Translations
Finnish nimi-
- nimi-relating to appellation
Portuguese apelativo
- apelativorelating to appellation
Cite this entry
appellational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appellational
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