epithet
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From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epitheton), “‘adjective’”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epithetos), “‘attributed, added’”), from ἐπιτιθέναι (epitithenai), “‘to add on’”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + τιθέναι (tithenai), “‘to put’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- (“‘to put, to do’”)).
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epithet (plural epithets)
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- The adjective Terrible in Ivan the Terrible.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- The Young Pretender for Charles Edward Stuart.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
- 2006, Eric L. Goldstein, The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity:
- Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet "kike."
- 2006, Eric L. Goldstein, The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity:
- (biology) 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.
- In Cannabis sativa the word sativa is a specific epithet.
- in Festuca ovina subsp. guestphalica the word guestphalica is an infraspecific epithet.
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term used to characterize a person or thing
term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person
abusive or contemptuous word or phrase
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word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species
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