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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Aneurysm near the origin has to be diagnosed from subclavian, innominate, and aortic aneurysm, and from other swellings—solid or fluid—met with in the neck.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
This ideal is a trinity, a trinity innominate and incorporeal.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
The cup-shaped cavity of the innominate bone for receiving the head of the femur.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
They are represented by mouldy, defunct formulæ, and as yet no living popular voice, save that of the revolution of 1789, has been raised to ask where was the underlying life of the innominate crowd?
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 by Various
The edge grazed against the sheath of the innominate artery during the operation.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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