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Webster 1828 Edition


Epithetic

EPITHET'IC

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Adj.
Pertaining to an epithet or epithets.
1.
Abounding with epithets. A style or composition may be too epithetic.

Definition 2024


epithetic

epithetic

English

Adjective

epithetic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to epithets.
    epithetic names for the gods
    • Lloyd
      In epithetic measured prose.
  2. (linguistics) Of or relating to epithesis.
    an epithetic vowel