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epithet (n.)
"descriptive name for a person or thing," 1570s, from French épithète or directly from Latin epitheton (source also of Spanish epíteto, Portuguese epitheto, Italian epiteto), from Greek epitheton "an epithet; something added," noun use of adjective (neuter of epithetos) "attributed, added, assumed," from epitithenai "to add on," from epi "in addition" (see epi-) + tithenai "to put, to place" (from reduplicated form of PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Related: Epithetic; epithetical.
updated on December 08, 2020
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Dictionary entries near epithet
epistolary
epistrophe
epitaph
epithalamium
epithelium
epithet
epitome
epitomise
epitomize
epizoic
epizoon