innominate

English

Etymology

From Latin innōminātus, from in- (“not”) + nōminātus (“named”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈnɒmɪnət/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈnɑmɪnət/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧nom‧in‧ate

Adjective

innominate (comparative more innominate, superlative most innominate)

  1. Having no name, nameless, unnamed; anonymous.
    • 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 55:
      Counsel for the Defence objected to the libel, on the grounds that the offence was innominate.

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Noun

innominate (countable and uncountable, plural innominates)

  1. An innominate bone.
  2. An innominate artery.
  3. An innominate vein.
  4. (uncountable) Innominate substance.

References

  1. ^ “innominate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “innominate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian

Adjective

innominate

  1. feminine plural of innominato

Latin

Adjective

innōmināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of innōminātus
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