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Definition of Epithetic
1. a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.
Definition of Epithetic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to epithets. ¹
2. Adjective. (linguistics) Of or relating to epithesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epithetic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epithetic
Literary usage of Epithetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Might and Mirth of Literature: A Treatise on Figurative Language. In by John Walker Vilant Macbeth (1876)
"epithetic. — Passing over from the Literal to the Figurative.— Threat.—Repose.
CLXXXV. SUDDEN TRANSITION, of kin to antithesis, is a form of writing ..."
2. Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an by John Mulligan (1874)
"OF EXPLICATIVE, OR epithetic ADJECTIVE ACCESSORY PROPOSITIONS.—(1). The adjective
accessory propositions presented in our (20) ..."
3. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1900)
"They had long since entered upon what may be termed the epithetic stage, ...
The epithetic stage is one far advanced in the history of a speech ; it implies ..."
4. The Elements of Rhetoric by James De Mille (1882)
"epithetic Figures. V. Figures resulting from the impassioned and ... epithetic
Figures. No one of the above can be said to have met with general adoption. ..."
5. Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts by Frederick Victor Dickins (1906)
"... and can only be partially mk here is merely epithetic, applied really to mi
I not to ' arms '. dan thus chinensis, compare Tennyson 'more black li-buds ..."
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