[ˈɛpɪθɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
(e.g: the monarch is often known by the epithet ‘the Great’)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from French épithète, or via Latin from Greek epitheton, neuter of epithetos ‘attributed’, from epitithenai ‘add’, from epi ‘upon’ + tithenai ‘to place’