epithetedadj.
/ˈɛpɪθɛtɪd/ rare.
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a. Abounding with epithets.
b. Designated by epithets.
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the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > with other specific kind of name
own-named1612
new-named1622
surnamed1659
nominate1818
numerical1872
epitheted1880
branded1897
1808 J. Wolcot One more Peep at Royal Acad. 16 Doctor Darwin won a name, By glitt'ring tinsel, epitheted rhyme!
1880 World 10 Nov. 6/2 The profusely epitheted horse.
c. Designated by an epithet too coarse or violent to repeat. jocular.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths
adjective1851
something1859
adjectived1869
qualified1886
epitheted1896
adj.1903
jiggering1903
adjectival1907
jeezly1908
blerry1920
bluggy1921
somethinged1922
socking1941
bleeping1957
naffing1959
1896 Punch 21 Nov. 241/2 Mr. Jones's compliments, Sir, and when the epitheted substantive is this noise going to stop?
1905 Daily Chron. 1 July 4/4 No London fire engine has such precedence as the 'Varsity boat. If you make it ‘easy all’ with your epithetted clumsiness in a boat—it is ten-and-sixpence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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