Definition of Epithets. Meaning of Epithets. Synonyms of Epithets

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Definition of Epithets

Epithet
Epithet Ep"i*thet, v. t. To describe by an epithet. [R.] Never was a town better epitheted. --Sir H. Wotton.

Meaning of Epithets from wikipedia

- variety of epithets that they can employ that have different meanings. The most common are fixed epithets and transferred epithets. A fixed epithet is the...
- used as a family emblem. Plant epithets may be pejorative, used humorously and sometimes offensively. Some plant epithets are used directly as insults,...
- five people are born with powers attached to their souls known as "Epithets". An Epithet stems from a single word that can grant its user any kind of power...
- characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. Epithets are used because of the constraints of...
- Parameshvara (IAST: Parameśvara, Sanskrit: परमेश्वर) is an epithet used in Hindu literature. The term usually indicates the Supreme Being and Supreme...
- occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. Certain epithets have been used for numerous people throughout history. Accursed Angel Apostle...
- In some cases, her individual epithets eventually developed into separate deities. In ancient Mesopotamia, epithets could either be used alongside the...
- Look up epithet, byname, epitets, Epitheton, or specific epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An epithet is a name. In taxonomic nomenclature,...
- Look up slur or epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have...
- been used as an Islamophobic as well as a sectarian epithet. Various scholars have described the epithet as part of a "Rhetoric of Fear" to suppress alternate...