About The Word Epithet
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Epithet
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What's The Definition Of Epithet?
[n] a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
[n] descriptive word or phrase Synonyms | Synonyms for Epithet: name Related Terms | Find terms related to Epithet: abuse | appellation | appellative | binomen | binomial name | blackguard | byword | call names | catchword | cognomen | cryptonym | curse | cuss | cuss out | cuss word | damn | denomination | designation | device | dirty name | dirty word | dysphemism | empty title | epigraph | epithetize | eponym | euonym | expletive | foul invective | handle | honorific | hyponym | inscription | label | moniker | motto | name | namesake | naughty word | nomen | nomen nudum | no-no | oath | obscenity | profane oath | proper name | proper noun | revile | scientific name | secret name | slogan | style | swear at | swearword | tag | tag line | tautonym | title | trinomen | trinomial name | vilify | vituperate | watchword See Also | calumny | characterisation | characterization | defamation | delineation | depiction | hatchet job | obloquy | picture | smear word | traducement | word picture | word-painting Epithet In Webster's Dictionary \Ep"i*thet\, n. [L. epitheton, Gr. ?, fr. ? added, fr. ?
to add; 'epi` upon, to + ? to put, place: cf. F.
['e]pith[`e]te. See {Do}.]
1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or
relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a
person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet
``worthless'' seems best applicable. --Hallam.
2. Term; expression; phrase. ``Stiffed with epithets of
war.'' --Shak.
Syn: {Epithet}, {Title}.
Usage: The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which
give a title or describe character (as the ``epithet
of liar''), but is now confined wholly to adjectives.
Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still
further, considering the term epithet as belonging
only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those
which add nothing to the sense of their noun, but
simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied
therein; as, the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc.
But this restriction does not prevail in general
literature. Epithet is sometimes confounded with
application, which is always a noun or its equivalent.
\Ep"i*thet\, v. t. To describe by an epithet. [R.] Never was a town better epitheted. --Sir H. Wotton. |
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