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1
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
- King Richard I of England was given the very laudatory epithet "the Lion-Hearted"
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2
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
- the school has a strict ban against the use of offensive epithets
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The first known use of epithet was in 1579
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