meaning of epithet
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.
2. Term; expression; phrase.
3. To describe by an epithet.
4. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt
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Related Words
epithet | epithetic | epithetical |
