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plural epithets
A term used to characterize a person or thing. quotations examples
She would lean her head for hours on Beatrice's shoulder, only now and then applying to her some childish and endearing epithet.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 130
(mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. examples
One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing. examples
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase. quotations examples
Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.
2006, Eric L. Goldstein, The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity
(taxonomy) 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. examples
third-person singular simple present epithets, present participle epitheting, simple past and past participle epitheted
(transitive) To term; to refer to as. examples