Both Uses of
epithet
in
The Idiot
- I do not agree, in fact I am angry, when I hear you called an idiot; you are far too intelligent to deserve such an epithet; but you are so far STRANGE as to be unlike others; that you must allow, yourself.
Chpt 4.9 *epithet = an insulting or abusive word or phrase
- It may be said that these outbursts and epithets, such as "wet hen" (in which the maternal solicitude usually showed itself), only made Alexandra laugh.†
Chpt 3.1
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