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单词 epithetic
释义

epitheticadj.

/ɛpɪˈθɛtɪk/
Etymology: < Greek ἐπιθετικός, < ἐπιτιθέναι (see epithet n.).
a. Abounding with epithets. Obsolete.
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.
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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).
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