<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald</li><li>a common noun</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>designative; descriptive</li><li>tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites</li><li>pertaining to a common noun</li></ul>