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epitheted, ppl. a. rare.|ˈɛpɪθɛtɪd|
[f. epithet n. or v. + -ed.]
a. Abounding with epithets.
b. Designated by epithets.
1808Wolcott (P. Pindar) One more Peep at R. Acad. Wks. 1812 V. 361 Doctor Darwin won a name By glittering tinsel, epitheted rhyme. 1880World 10 Nov. 6/2 The profusely epitheted horse.
c. Designated by an epithet too coarse or violent to repeat. jocular.
1896Punch 21 Nov. 241/2 Mr. Jones's compliments, Sir, and when the epitheted substantive is this noise going to stop? 1905Daily Chron. 1 July 4/4 No London fire engine has such precedence as the 'Varsity boat. If you make it ‘easy all’ with your epithetted clumsiness in a boat—it is ten-and-sixpence. |