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epithet

noun
/ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/

Etymology

From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Doublet of epitheton.

  1. derived from *dʰeh₁-✻
  2. derived from ἐπίθετον
  3. derived from epithetum
  4. derived from épithète

Definitions

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

    • She would lean her head for hours on Beatrice's shoulder, only now and then applying to her some childish and endearing epithet.

  2. A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a…

    A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.

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

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a…

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

    2. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.

      • Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.
      • Counterprotesters shouted epithets as they walked by, but the opposing groups kept it nonviolent.
      • Politico reported that epithets appeared more than 251 times.

    3. A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This…

      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.

    4. To term

      To term; to refer to as.

      • He was epitheted "the king of fools".

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA