Defn: Nomic spelling. A. J. Ellis.
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See
Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: A verb formed from a noun.
3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
NOMINALISM
Nom"i*nal*ism, n.