nomenclatory

English

Etymology

nomenclator +‎ -y

Adjective

nomenclatory (not comparable)

1. Relating to nomenclature.
   • 1883, William Dwight Whitney, The Life and Growth of Language, page 139:

     Every conceptual act is so immediately followed as to seem accompanied by a nomenclatory one.

   • 1917, Theodor Mortensen, Observations on Protective Adaptations and Habits, Mainly in Marine Animals:

     As to the name, there is no reason to change it; Scalpellidae was already used by Pilsbry in 1907, and the generic name Pollicipes must be dropped, according to the nomenclatory rules, so that nothing is gained by the change proposed by Annandale.

Derived terms

• nomenclatorial
• nomenclatorially