Epithet

What do we mean by epithet?

A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great. noun

A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln. noun

A disparaging or abusive word or phrase. noun

A word in the scientific name of an organism following the name of the genus and denoting a species, subspecies, variety, or cultivar, as sativa in Lactuca sativa. noun

An adjective, or a word or phrase used as an adjective, expressing some real quality of the person or thing to which it is applied, or attributing some quality or character to the person or thing: as, a benevolent or a hard-hearted man; a scandalous exhibition; sphinx-like mystery; a Fabian policy. noun

Hence In rhetoric, a term added to impart strength or ornament to diction, and differing from an adjective in that it designates as well as qualifies, and may take the form of a surname: as, Dionysius the Tyrant; Alexander the Great. noun

A phrase; an expression. noun

To entitle; describe by epithets.

An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing. noun

Term; expression; phrase. noun

To describe by an epithet. transitive verb

A term used to characterize a person or thing. noun

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

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. noun

A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name. noun

A defamatory or abusive word or phrase noun

Descriptive word or phrase noun

A term used to characterize a person or thing.

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

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

An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.

A term used to characterize a person/thing. Urban Dictionary

A epithet is a word that is attached to someone’s soul giving them a power. Urban Dictionary

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A modernized term for the N-Word. Rockstar Games coined the term when they used it in place of the N-Word when remaking the popular “Lamar’s entrance” scene from the earlier version of GTA V. Urban Dictionary

1.- a descriptive syntagma used to express a feature of someone or something. 2.- used in poetry reffering to an implicit adjetive complementing a noun. Breaks the maxim of quantity. 3.- Offensive word. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to epithet:
epithet, epithem.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word epithet:
folium, patronym, thallus, mycologist, epithets, referring, commemorates, botanist, adjective, nepenthes, holotype, latin, meaning, refers, specimen, banksia, derived, alluding, alludes, zoologist, honours, orchid, zeus, shrub, horticultural, naturalist, fungus, hairy, subspecies, inflorescence, mushroom, similarity, athena, synonym, goddess, derives, leaf, resemblance, convex, locality, collector, hairs, greek, petals, suffix, word, coined, juno, reference, genus, noun, spelled, habit, specimens, trunk, iris, honoring, translates, means, shiva, flowers, lowland, honors, perennial, habitat, leaves, tall, vishnu, flower, slender, fruit, botanical, occurs, attested, collected, deity, borneo, vernacular, feminine, cap, bark, deities, stems, species, fossil, apollo, amber, generic, tree, ancient, endemic, explorer, flowering, commemorate, altitude, spider, words, literally, colour, shark.

Words that rhyme with epithet:
set, get, bet, offset, vet, net, whet, upset, asset, fret, let, mindset, wet, internet, forget, yet, regret, sweat, outlet, debt, pet, vignette, threat, beset, beget, silhouette, reset, jet, abet, onset, alphabet, sobriquet, stet, met, sublet, pret, parapet, rosette, outset, et, preset, inlet, gimlet, typeset, ret, cadet, gazette, inset, sunset, coronet, dragnet, baguette, duet, avocet, octet, subset, ethernet, pipette, cornet, tet, flageolet, cigarette, minaret, bayonet, brunette, minuet, chet, cassette, corvette, soviet, dead set, charrette, roulette, quartet, lorgnette, tete, clarinet, marmoset, quintet, suffragette, nett, sextet, barrette, cabriolet, piet, baronet, tibet, anisette, smet, joliet, lafayette, heavyset, vette, colette, calumet, headset, antoinette, brett, vedette, handset.

Adjectives that are often used to describe epithet:
same, specific, opprobrious, common, single, descriptive, last, homeric, racial, appropriate, favorite, contemptuous, latter, favourite, insulting, derogatory, distinctive, abusive, popular, offensive, distinguishing, usual, mere, odious, divine, vile, proper, frequent, conventional, endearing, honourable, familiar, characteristic, traditional, additional, pejorative, standard, better, very, former, vituperative, derisive, singular, complimentary, famous, happy, worst, vague, strange, honorific, greek, harsh, reproachful, constant, royal, suitable, latin, fitting, uncomplimentary, known, affectionate, racist, disparaging, coarse, apt, flattering, vulgar, scornful, generic, laudatory, degrading, ornamental, convenient, honorary, foul, poetic, curious, expressive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective epithet:
formulas, formula, combinations, formulae, phrases, combination, phrase, hunter, hunting, adjectives, nouns, systems, tickets, loptr, fuppofes, meryamun, period, skirnir, stage.

Consonant match to epithet:
epithite.

Words that sound like epithet:
epithet, epithets, opposite, episode, epaulette, epilate, epaulet, apathist, epidote, appetite, apathy, apatite, apathies, apathie, appetit, apetit, epiphyte, epit, upset, empathy, empathize, opiate, empathise, epcot, aesthete, open it, opiat, epid, empathie, apet, epode, depakote, ebonite, appellate, up in it, epica, apathetic, opet, abitat, open out, abacot, ipet, etiquette, uppercut, ettiquette, with it, spicket, with-it, apposite, epical, epona, epochal, apothem, ebit, abutted, air pocket, epicine, apart, educate, appoint, epitaph, epoch, empathetic, episodes, abet, abut, epicenter, ebbed, epa, apeshit, applet, apit, epochs, eple, apparate, epicene, empathized, apothegm, epl, aplite, eppa, epilator, epon, epaulettes, appetent, epal, epeat, epil, epin, a point, epoche, epopee, a thought, epm, empathised, apud, epigee, epoca, appete, epas.