单词 | epithetic |
释义 | epitheticadj.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose > abounding in or using many epithets epithetica1764 epithetish1777 epitheted1808 epithetical1837 adjectival1899 a1764 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 112 Verse..which flows In epithetic measur'd prose. b. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an epithet. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [adjective] > relating to epithets epithetical1715 epithetic1868 1868 E. Arber in Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie Introd. 12 The epithets and epithetic phrases. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 223 A language in which we may well expect to find general epithetic terms. Derivatives epiˈthetical adj. = epithetic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [adjective] > relating to epithets epithetical1715 epithetic1868 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose > abounding in or using many epithets epithetica1764 epithetish1777 epitheted1808 epithetical1837 adjectival1899 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 10 Some other Epithetical Term or Additional Word. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxix. 426 Sam, after bandying a few epithetical remarks with Mr. Smouch, followed at once. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 90 Shakespeare bears away the prize among these epithetical allotments. 1868 F. Hall Benares 20 At least thirty or forty epithetical designations of Benares are scattered, etc. epiˈthetically adv. in an epithetic manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [adverb] > of the nature of an epithet epithetically1857 1857 F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1858 (1859) 27 223 The word for ‘sun’..is, in the original, represented epithetically by a compound signifying ‘the not cold-rayed’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1715 |
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