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Meaning of epithets

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

epithets

noun

Definitions

  1. A term used to characterize a person or thing.

  2. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.

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

  4. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epithethttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epithets

Related words

nameepithecaadjectivesepitomesepitomyepitasisepitomistepitome