ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPITHET
From Latin epitheton, from Greek, from epitithenai to add, from tithenai to put.
3 QUOTES WITH «EPITHET»
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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
As a result of the feminist revolution, 'feminine' becomes an abusive epithet.
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPITHET»
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epithet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
epithet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chrestos, a Religious
Epithet: Its Import and Influence (1880)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
James Barr Mitchell, 2010
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Epithet "Mahatma" and Address Offered to Mahatma Gandhi: 27 ...
Transcript of a speech felicitating Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1969-1948, Indian statesman, in 1915; includes related documents.
Jīvarāma Kālidāsa Śāstri, Mahatma Gandhi, 1975
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The Student's Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Containing ...
2 the god of love. -TTWT?' a. possessed of great energy, energetic persevering. ([
-%: ) perseverance, -Tgfq-: 1 the great ocean j R. 3. 17. 2 an epithet of Indra. °3T:
a conch- shell, shell, -s^tt a. very prosperous or lucky, very glorious or splendid ...
Vaman Shivaram Apte, 1970
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Collected Essays 1929 - 1968: Collected Papers
At first sight, however, the statement that 'English' is a self-epithet does seem not
merely to refer to but to mention the philological property of being in the English
tongue. For we English-speakers are all so familiar with the use of the word ...
5
The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers ...
The epithet is the insult's shorter, quicker cousin. When one uses an insult, he is
making a derogatory statement about someone else. When one uses an epithet,
he is simply calling him a name. Epithetscomein the form of simple nouns (e.g., ...
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A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
Epitrochasmus Other definition: Fontanier distinguishes epithet (p. 324) from
epithetism (pp. 354-7). For him, as for Puttenham and Littre, an epithet is an
adjective 'serving only to adorn a discourse or make it more vivid,' suppressible
without ...
Bernard Marie Dupriez, Albert W. Halsall, 1991
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Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
(Ep. 6).7 The translation “lord,” however, seems preferable, since this is not only
the usual meaning of xadn in Ugaritic,8 but also that which the word has as a
component in another epithet of xIlu, namely, xadn xilm (/ rbm) “lord of the (/ great
) ...
8
Миф И Литература Древности: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature
"blue leg," which is tautological with "triple leg" (table); semantically it is an
epithet, syntactically, an appositive; formally, a noun. Such for the most part are
epic fixed epithets as well. When we speak of them, we usually have in mind their
...
Olga Freidenberg, Vyacheslav Ivanov, 1997
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Subdivisions of the Genus Pinus (pines)
must be rejected if its author did not adopt the earliest legitimate epithet available
for the taxon with its particular circumscription, position, and rank (Art. 66). A
name must be rejected if it was nomenclaturally superfluous when published, if
the ...
Elbert Luther Little, William Burke Critchfield, 1969
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On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood
This is maximal greatness as teacher and guide. The sixth epithet, 'knower of
worlds' (lokavid), like 'accomplished in knowledge/ is an explicitly cognitive
epithet, and stresses the extent of Buddha's knowledge: it is limited only by the
extent of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPITHET»
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epithet is used in the context of the following news items.
Ariel's wordplay
Singer-songwriter-poet Meir Ariel paid his dues as a combat soldier who took part in battles in Jerusalem, and later earned the epithet of “the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
No Gold Rush as Greece and China Troubles Roil Markets
Still, gold's safe-harbor epithet doesn't always hold true. Gold's recovery after Lehman Brothers' collapse in September 2008 is often cited as ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Cop charged in football brawl after alleged sucker punch left …
O'Neil is African-American and Lisboa said at one point during the altercation Ventura called him by a racial epithet and lunged at him. That ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
The Confederate Flag: hate, not heritage
... imagined what it must have been like, especially for his black brothers-in-arms, to be smacked with that news and that epithet all at once. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
Bob Pavey: Patent legislation unfairly tilts the playing field
... technology users, typically small companies -- thus the origin of the epithet "patent troll." Under the proposed legislation, losers in court cases ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
Serbian Domination at Serbian Youth International 2015
... and has been awarded with epithet of the most successful national team which competed on Third Edition of Serbian Badminton Open. «Badminton Europe, Jul 15»
Nick Kyrgios: role models can let us down
Indeed, to impose upon anybody, especially young, inexperienced sporting celebrities, the epithet, "role model", is unrealistic, unfair, and ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
Family Filmgoer reviews 'Minions'
The F-word is used as an epithet at least once. The year is 2029, and John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
A New Wasp Parasitoid of the Fall Webworm
Trichospilus albiflagellatus is a tiny wasp (1.4–2.3 mm) that is easy to mass rear, according to the authors. The specific epithet — albiflagellatus ... «Entomology Today, Jul 15»
County to consider Negro Bill name change on July 21
“I don't believe for a second that Mr. Granstaff considered the racial epithet endearingly, and considering that he was run out of town, I don't ... «Moab Sun News, Jul 15»
