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ep·i·thet
epithet
pronunciation:
e
p
thet
[or]
e
p
th
t
part of speech:
noun
definition 1:
a word or phrase attached to, or used in place of, a given name.
Czar Ivan IV of Russia became increasingly tyrannical and deserved his epithet "the Terrible."
similar words:
label
definition 2:
a word or phrase used to characterize someone or something contemptuously.
related words:
appellation
,
name
,
nickname
,
tag
,
title
derivations:
epithetic (adj.), epithetical (adj.)
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