nuncupative

American  

[nuhng-kyuh-pay-tiv, nuhng-kyoo-puh-tiv] / ˈnʌŋ kjəˌpeɪ tɪv, nʌŋˈkju pə tɪv /

adjective

1. (especially of a will) oral; not written.

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nuncupative British  

/ nʌŋˈkjuːpətɪv, ˈnʌŋkjʊˌpeɪtɪv /

adjective

1. (of a will) declared orally by the testator and later written down

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Etymology

Origin of nuncupative

First recorded in 1400–50; from Medieval Latin (testāmentum) nuncupātīvum “oral (will),” neuter of Late Latin nuncupātīvus “so-called, nominal,” equivalent to Latin nuncupāt(us), past participle of nuncupāre “to state formally, utter the name of” (probably from unattested nōmicupāre, derivative of nōmiceps “one taking a name,” equivalent to nōmi- combining form of nōmen “name” + -ceps “taker, catcher”); see prince ( def. )) + -īvus -ive ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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nuncupative

Will you allow me to write down this confession over your own signature, lest a nuncupative testimony be not sufficient to condemn him.

From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera

Adj. named &c. v.; hight†, ycleped, known as; what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly. nuncupatory†, nuncupative; cognominal†, titular, nominal, orismological†.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

Therefore Christ, unless He derived His humanity from the essence of God, must as man, and in respect of that humanity, be Son of God only in a nuncupative sense.

From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Charles Reginald Haines

The will of the Minstrel of Paradise is a nuncupative one taken by his daughter, the great poet being blind.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 by Various

He left me a small Legacy in a nuncupative Will, as a Token of his Kindness for me, and he left me once more to the wide World.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

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