📖 Definitions of "Epithet"
noun
- 1
A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- 2
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- 3
One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- 4
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
verb
- 1
To term; to refer to as.
"He was epitheted "the king of fools"."
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