Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
nomenclature
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Examples
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All other official roles will be filled by someone full of pomp and nomenclatural polysyllabery yes, Margarita Armstrong-Jones and pageboy William Lowther-Pinkerton, I'm looking at you! and with familial or friendship ties to the head honchos.
This Week: Nick Clegg, Larry the Downing Street cat, Pippa Middleton 2011
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What I propose is a nomenclatural shift of a species of thought: that the broad concept of Lovecraftian cosmic horror might be considered to be more than a literary genre or philosophical device, but as something that might be part of a pragmatic approach to contemporary life.
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Lest one think our nerdery has gone beyond the limits of salubrity in celebrating this unlikely nomenclatural coincidence, rest assured that we were not the first to take notice or rejoice in this obscure triumph for Lovecraft fans everywhere.
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No one will notice this nomenclatural coup, but there you go.
"It kicks like a sleep twitch..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Lest one think our nerdery has gone beyond the limits of salubrity in celebrating this unlikely nomenclatural coincidence, rest assured that we were not the first to take notice or rejoice in this obscure triumph for Lovecraft fans everywhere.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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The Royal Shakespeare Company has specially commissioned a stunning series of Shakespeare plays, adding to the nomenclatural fun by incorporating it in a "World Shakespeare Festival 2012" worldshakespearefestival.org.uk , starting on the bard's April 23 birthday.
All of Britain Will Be a Stage Paul Levy 2012
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What I propose is a nomenclatural shift of a species of thought: that the broad concept of Lovecraftian cosmic horror might be considered to be more than a literary genre or philosophical device, but as something that might be part of a pragmatic approach to contemporary life.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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No one will notice this nomenclatural coup, but there you go.
"It kicks like a sleep twitch..." greygirlbeast 2010
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General Kagan -- or "Miss Kagan" to those Senators who wish to (a) highlight her lack of bench-side judicial experience, (b) deny her even a nomenclatural association with the military, or (c) insinuate that she is some sort of scary unmarried homosexual-type lady -- has been objectively excellent as a nominee in the early going, to the dismay of roughly everybody not working in the West Wing.
Daniel Cluchey: Hard of Hearings: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Intelligence Gap 2010
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As a nomenclatural note, even obvious term variants like "pictures" (plural) and "picture" (singular) would be treated as different search terms by a dumb computer, so we also include these types of relationships within our umbrella of synonyms.
chained_bear commented on the word nomenclatural
Usage on preposterosities.
January 24, 2009