Epithet

Noun

 * 1) A term used to characterize a person or thing.
 * 2) A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
 * 3) An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Adjectives for Epithet
deranged; obnoxious; profane; insulting; deprecatory; opprobrious; polite; repeated; contumelious; endearing; courteous; balanced; fatal; significant.

Verbs for Epithet
answer—; apply—; bandy—s; bestow— upon; christen with—; comprehend—; con¬vey—; design—; employ—; fix—; glory in—; indulge in—; justify—; originate—; pelt with—s; rain—s; represent with—; scatter—s ; stuff with—s ; —belongs; —designates; —disgraces; —justifies; —qualifies; —signifies; —terms.

Synonyms for Epithet

 * cognomen
 * name, title, appellation, ascription, agnomen, invective, eponym, patronymic, nickname, byword, sobriquet, denomination.

Thesaurus
abuse, appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, blackguard, byword, call names, catchword, cognomen, cryptonym, curse, cuss, cuss out, cuss word, damn, denomination, designation, device, dirty name, dirty word, dysphemism, empty title, epigraph, epithetize, eponym, euonym, expletive, foul invective, handle, honorific, hyponym, inscription, label, moniker, motto, name, namesake, naughty word, no-no, nomen, nomen nudum, oath, obscenity, profane oath, proper name, proper noun, revile, scientific name, secret name, slogan, style, swear at, swearword, tag, tag line, tautonym, title, trinomen, trinomial name, vilify, vituperate, watchword

Etymology
From, from ἐπίθετον:, the neuter of ἐπίθετος:, from ἐπιτιθέναι:, from ἐπί: + τιθέναι: (from ).

Translations

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 * Swedish: epitet


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 * : epitets
 * : 形容詞 (けいようし, keiyoushi)