What does epithet mean?
Definitions for epithet
ˈɛp əˌθɛtep·i·thet
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word epithet.
Princeton's WordNet
name, epithetnoun
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
epithetnoun
descriptive word or phrase
Wiktionary
epithetnoun
A term used to characterize a person or thing.
epithetnoun
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
epithetnoun
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
epithetnoun
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Epithetnoun
Etymology: ἐπίϑετον.
I affirm with phlegm, leaving the epithets of false, scandalous and villainous to the author. Jonathan Swift.
The epithet of shades belonged more properly to the darkness than the refreshment. Decay of Piety.
For which of my good parts did you first suffer love for me?
—— Suffer love! a good epithet: I do suffer love indeed; for I love thee against my will. William Shakespeare.
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epithet
An epithet is a descriptive term or phrase which is used to express a characteristic, quality, or attribute of a person, place, or thing. It can be complimentary or derogatory and is often used in literature and poetry to add depth and imagery to the narrative or context.
Webster Dictionary
Epithetnoun
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
Epithetnoun
term; expression; phrase
Epithetverb
to describe by an epithet
Wikidata
Epithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It can be described as a glorified nickname. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: for example, Alexander the Great. In contemporary usage, epithet often refers to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase, such as a racial epithet or as in economics, "the dismal science". The less offensive use is criticized by Martin Manser and other prescriptive linguists.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Epithet
ep′i-thet, n. an adjective expressing some real quality of the thing to which it is applied, or an attribute expressing some quality ascribed to it: (Shak.) term, expression.—v.t. to term.—adj. Epithet′ic, pertaining to an epithet: abounding with epithets.—n. Epith′eton (Shak.), epithet. [Gr. epithetos, added—epi, on, tithenai, to place.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of epithet in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of epithet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of epithet in a Sentence
For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print... substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question.
Our judokas are reaching the heights many countries have dreamed of. They are the best epithet of modern Kosovo, golden Queen.
In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary and it is they alone who are masters.
Because they assume because you're black, you have to think a certain way. And if you don't think that way, you're 'Uncle Tom,' you're worthy of every horrible epithet they can come up with; whereas, if I weren't black, then I would just be a Republican. i don't find any particular problem being an African-American in the Republican Party. The people??I know that in the progressive side of things, they like to say that the Republicans are racist. I know that. I haven't experienced that.
In 2019, we should not have to explain the seriousness of using this epithet, this hateful word was, and is still callously used in an effort to dehumanize black Americans.
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- كنيةArabic
- епитет, прякор, ругатняBulgarian
- Beiwort, EpithetonGerman
- epítetoSpanish
- اپیدرمPersian
- épithèteFrench
- մակդիրArmenian
- epitetoItalian
- תוֹאַרHebrew
- 渾名, あだ名Japanese
- epitetsLatvian
- toenaam, scheldnaam, schimpnaam, epithetonDutch
- epitetPolish
- epítetoPortuguese
- эпитетRussian
- epitetSwedish
- அடைமொழிக்குTamil
- עפּיטהעטYiddish
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