Associations to the word «Epithet»
Noun
- Aphrodite
- Zeus
- Artemis
- Botanist
- Hera
- Inflorescence
- Athena
- Indra
- Genealogy
- Cult
- Meaning
- Adjective
- Iliad
- Nomenclature
- Juno
- Goddess
- Hermes
- Poseidon
- Deity
- Zoologist
- Shiva
- Etymology
- Eel
- Siva
- Taxon
- Veda
- Eros
- Naturalist
- Beloved
- Specific
- Apollo
- Homer
- Appellation
- Thebes
- Specimen
- Hades
- Latin
- Sanskrit
- Noun
- Nigger
- Loving
- Giver
- Ovid
- Odysseus
- Leaf
- Osiris
- Myth
- Petal
- Resemblance
- Cultivar
- Repetition
- Similarity
- Thrace
- Insult
- Inscription
- Attribute
- Invocation
- Or
- Lichen
- Metaphor
- Locality
- Crete
- Heracles
Adjective
Wiktionary
EPITHET, noun. A term used to characterize a person or thing.
EPITHET, noun. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
EPITHET, noun. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
EPITHET, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
EPITHET, noun. A defamatory or abusive word or phrase.
EPITHET, noun. Descriptive word or phrase.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.