épithète — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
épithète is used for these senses in English:
- attribute (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
- attributive Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
- attributive (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
- attributive adjective (grammar) An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.
- pillow word In Japanese waka poetry, a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else.
attribute — full definition
- noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
- noun A property or setting associated with a data object, in computing.
- verb To say that something is caused by or belongs to a particular source.
epithet — full definition
- noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- noun A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- noun A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- noun One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.