Denominative

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Giving or constituting a name; naming.
  • adj. Formed from a noun or an adjective.
  • n. A word, especially a verb, that is derived from a noun or an adjective.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
  • adj. being a name
  • n. a verb that is derived from a noun or adjective
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Conferring a denomination or name.
  • adj. Connotative.
  • adj. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
  • adj. Derived from a substantive or an adjective.
  • n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of receiving a denomination or name; namable.
  • Constituting a distinct appellation; appellative; naming.
  • In grammar, formed from a noun- or adjective-stem: applied especially to verbs so made.
  • n. That which has the character of a denomination, or term that denominates or describes.
  • n. Specifically, in grammar, a word, especially a verb, formed from a noun, either substantive or adjective.
  • Word Usage
    "No one has ever found the linguistic prototype or origin of this curious denominative in a manner that would satisfy everyone, but it is also not unremarkable that in the Gospel of John he is also called 'Judas the son' or 'brother of Simon Iscariot' and at one point even 'Judas the Iscariot' (John 6: 71, 14: 22, etc.)."
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