† epithetishadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Inclined to the use of epithets.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose > abounding in or using many epithets
epithetica1764
epithetish1777
epitheted1808
epithetical1837
adjectival1899
1777 J. Wolcot in R. Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. (1826) I. 49 You were too epithetish.
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