epithet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epithet /ˈɛpɪθɛt/
▶noun an adjective or phrase expressing a characteristic quality or attribute of the person or thing mentioned.
– derivatives
epithetic adjective,
epithetical adjective,
epithetically adverb.
epithetic adjective,
epithetical adjective,
epithetically adverb.
– origin C16: from Fr. épithète, or via L. from Gk epitheton, neut. of epithetos ‘attributed’, from epitithenai ‘add’.
'epithet' also found in these Oxford entries:
antonomasia
- binomial
- gracious
- Gurkha
- Lyceum
- morpho
- nominate
- ponderosa
- specific epithet
- surname
- trivial name
- utile
