Epithet Definition | What is Epithet? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
[n] descriptive word or phrase
Adjective expressing quality or attribute. Homer frequently linked adjectives and nouns to create epithets e.g. 'swift-footed Achilles' or 'rosy-fingered dawn'.
See Also...
calumny, characterisation, characterization, defamation, delineation, depiction, hatchet job, obloquy, picture, smear word, traducement, word picture, word-painting
Related Terms
abuse, appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, blackguard, byword, call names, catchword, cognomen, cryptonym, curse, cuss, cuss out, cuss word, damn, denomination, designation, device, dirty name, dirty word, dysphemism, empty title, epigraph,
Comments
|
|
|