innominate
Americanadjective
adjective
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having no name; nameless
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a less common word for anonymous
Etymology
Origin of innominate
First recorded in 1630–40, innominate is from the Late Latin word innōminātus unnamed. See in- 3, nominate
Example Sentences
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In the innominate bones of a young child the box-shape exists, while its prominent abdomen resembles that of the gorilla.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
Sometimes, especially among the Ungulata, all the branches may rise from one common trunk; at other times two innominate arteries may be present; this is commonest in the Cheiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
This was no London that he knew, this scented city of Spring, this tropic gloom, this mad innominate cavern that engorged them.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
A probe passed along the aorta into the innominate protruded into the same cavity about the bifurcation of the vessel.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Juristically this seems to be a rationalization of the Roman innominate contract.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
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