pronominal

American  

[proh-nom-uh-nl] / proʊˈnɒm ə nl /

adjective

1. Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun.

   “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.

2. Heraldry. noting the coat of arms on a quartered escutcheon: customarily occupying the first quarter and being the original coat of arms of the paternal line.

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noun

1. Grammar. a pronominal word.

pronominal British  

/ prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl /

adjective

1. relating to or playing the part of a pronoun

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Other Word Forms

• pronominally adverb

Etymology

Origin of pronominal

From the Late Latin word prōnōminālis, dating back to 1635–45. See pronoun, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Through perspectival shifts, pronominal slippage and shout-outs to cinema, poetry and of course music, Mercier allows the duo’s fears and displaced ambitions to turn into one another in revelatory, oneiric and, ultimately, disturbing ways.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018

Most were necessitated by the demands of a metered line of poetry, and hence might be thought of more as a simple contraction than a pronominal phrase.

From Time • Jul. 6, 2015

Notwithstanding the difference, the first form is a variety of the second; so that the adverbs when and then are really pronominal in origin.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The 20th prefix, Mu-, however, does not seem to have a complete concord, as it is only used adjectivally or as a preposition and has no pronominal accusative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

It is, in fact, a species of pronominal dual confined to the first person in the plural.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison