1 an adjective or phrase that is used to describe sb/sth's character or most important quality, especially in order to give praise or criticism:
The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet 'epic'.
2 (especially AmE) an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people:
Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is epithet a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, epithet is tagged as noun.
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