Associations to the word «Epithet»
Noun
- Divinity
- Greek
- Species
- Allusion
- Suffix
- Hymn
- Ff
- Linnaeus
- Derivation
- Holy
- Ridicule
- Jupiter
- Sparta
- Means
- Nemesis
- Epic
- Phrase
- Brahma
- Saviour
- Mythology
- Herodotus
- Maximus
- Genus
- Discoverer
- Reproach
- Athenian
- Pantheon
- Rite
- Lovely
- Coloured
- Flower
- Appendage
- Mast
- Hearer
- Slayer
- Horus
- Hence
- Virgil
- Honour
- Coloration
- Plutarch
- Nymph
- Word
- Orpheus
- Eloquence
- Deva
- Spelling
- Healer
- Eternal
- Achilles
- Contempt
- Amen
- Liber
- Magnus
- Rig
- Synonym
- Buddha
- Collector
- Ethnic
- Prose
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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.