1. Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
2. Expressing earnest entreaty; SYN. imploring, importunate, pleading.

ETYM Latin appellativus, from appellare: cf. French appelatif. Related to Appeal.
1. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names; SYN. naming.
2. Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun.
Grammar, common (noun).

Soliciting, usually for money and food. It is prohibited in many Western countries, and stringent measures were taken against begging in the former USSR. In the Middle East and Asia, almsgiving is often considered a religious obligation.