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epithet

[ep-uh-thet] / ˈɛp əˌθɛt /


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Epithet inflation has diminished “great” somewhat so we have to be careful.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012

Epithet Potbellied Sirs: Naturally, if you are not potbellied, the epithet rolls off you like water from a duck's back.

From Time Magazine Archive

Epithet too easily used which assailed unanimously the appearance of "Interpretation of Dreams" by Freud, psychologic document which is and always will remain in spite of all the most important and sensational of our epoch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

Then read once more, and you shall wonder yet At Skill, at Turn, at Point, at Epithet.

From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin




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