epithet
noun
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality.
epithetic
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a word derived from
epithet.
Example Sentences
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Still, there are plenty of clearly epithetic names on the books.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2011
Seldom since the blusterous days of Nikita Khrushchev had there been such an epithetic attack on China by a Soviet leader.
From Time Magazine Archive
