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epithetic

adj
/ˌɛpɪˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology

From epithet + -ic. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπῐθετῐκός (epĭthetĭkós) and Greek επιθετικός (epithetikós).

  1. derived from *dʰeh₁-✻
  2. derived from ἐπίθετον
  3. derived from epithetum
  4. derived from épithète
  5. suffixed as epithetic — “epithet + ic”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to epithets.

    • epithetic names for the gods
    • In epithetic measur'd prose.

  2. Of or relating to epithesis.

    • an epithetic vowel

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epithetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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