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epithet (n.)  
  
551   02:15 صباحاً   date: 2023-08-24
Author : David Crystal
Book or Source : A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics
Page and Part : 171-5


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epithet (n.)

In GRAMMAR and STYLISTICS, a WORD or PHRASE which characterizes a NOUN and is regularly associated with it. Examples include the haunted house, the iron lady (when Mrs Thatcher was British prime minister), and William the Conqueror. The term can also be found in pejorative contexts (as in They hurled foul epithets at each other for several seconds).