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- pronunciation:
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thet
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tht
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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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
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| definition 2: |
a word or phrase used to characterize someone or something contemptuously.
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| related words: |
appellation, name, nickname, tag, title |
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| derivations: |
epithetic (adj.), epithetical (adj.) |
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