appellation

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌæpəˈleɪʃən/(US)

Definition of appellation

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dated, formal)A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
    “"I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class. "I've got Peaches all right," and there was a struggle between the two lads, one trying to throw a snowball, and the other trying to prevent him.”
    “Russian River flows through a country of hill ridges, which in many places are dignifiable with the appellation of mountains.”
    “Gentlemen of the jury, what is a father, a real father, what does this great word mean, what terribly great idea is contained in this appellation?”
    “The first, and (spoiler alert) last, voyage of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron is about as close a candidate to the appellation "voyage of the damned" as you're ever likely to get. But quite how did this floating disaster, which literally drove some of the men involved insane, and would ultimately find its end at the Battle of Tsushima, actually come about?”
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noun

  1. (dated, formal)A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
    “"I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class. "I've got Peaches all right," and there was a struggle between the two lads, one trying to throw a snowball, and the other trying to prevent him.”
    “Russian River flows through a country of hill ridges, which in many places are dignifiable with the appellation of mountains.”
    “Gentlemen of the jury, what is a father, a real father, what does this great word mean, what terribly great idea is contained in this appellation?”
    “The first, and (spoiler alert) last, voyage of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron is about as close a candidate to the appellation "voyage of the damned" as you're ever likely to get. But quite how did this floating disaster, which literally drove some of the men involved insane, and would ultimately find its end at the Battle of Tsushima, actually come about?”
  2. A geographical indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.

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Etymology

From late Middle English appellacion, from Old French apellatiun, from Latin appellātiō (“a naming”).

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