Epithet | Meaning of epithet

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epithet (noun)
A term used to characterize a person or thing.

epithet (noun)
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.

epithet (noun)
One of many formulaic words or phrases used in Iliad and the Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.

epithet (noun)
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

epithet (verb)
To term; to refer to as.
He was epitheted "the king of fools".

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February 13, 2019

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