The Only Use of
epithet
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The child still struggled and loaded me with epithets which carried despair to my heart; I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet.
p. 144.7epithets = insulting or abusive words or phrases
Definitions:
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(1)
(epithet as in: racial epithet) an insulting or abusive word or phrase
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(2)
(epithet as in: earned the epithet, "The Great") a descriptor added to a person's name -- as in Alexander The Great
or:
a phrase used in place of a name or word -- such as: The Big Apple for New York, The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln, or man's best friend for dog