epithet
A term used to characterize a person or thing.
Other meanings
A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
Related words
- epithetry
- generic epithet
- epithetic
- epithetical
- epithetically
- epithetism
- species epithet
- subspecific epithet
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἐπίθετον" (epithet, adjective).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “epithet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.