[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

epithet \ep"ithet\, n. l. epitheton, gr. ?, fr. ? added, fr. ?
   to add; 'epi` upon, to + ? to put, place: cf. f.
   'epith`ete. see do.
   1. an adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or
      relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a
      person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
      1913 webster

            a prince henry iii. to whom the epithet
            "worthless" seems best applicable.    --hallam.
      1913 webster

   2. term; expression; phrase. "stuffed with epithets of war."
      --shak.

   syn: epithet, title.

   usage: the name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which
          give a title or describe character as the "epithet of
          liar", but is now confined wholly to adjectives. some
          rhetoricians, as whately, restrict it still further,
          considering the term epithet as belonging only to a
          limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add
          nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold
          forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as,
          the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. but this
          restriction does not prevail in general literature.
          epithet is sometimes confounded with application,
          which is always a noun or its equivalent.
          1913 webster
see also:
do epithet title 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

epithet \ep"ithet\, v. t.
   to describe by an epithet. r.
   1913 webster

         never was a town better epitheted.       --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
   epithetic

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

epithet
     n 1: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones
          may break my bones but names can never hurt me" syn: name
     2: descriptive word or phrase
see also:
name 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "epithet":
   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

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