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- Epithet, sobriquet, and moniker: Whats the difference?
Epithet is a word or phrase that describes an attribute that characterizes a particular person Usually, an epithet is disparaging, but not always An epithet may also be a title that describes an attribute of a person or thing, such as Edward the Confessor and Richard the Lionheart
- poetry - What is the difference between transferred epithet and . . .
The epithet "wonderful" actually describes the kind of day the speaker experienced Some other examples of transferred epithets are "cruel bars," "sleepless night," and "suicidal sky " The metaphor is the figurative use of "spilling" - as if the children were being tipped out like liquid
- how did the epithet nigger come into usage?
As Barrie England's reference indicates, it was originally neutral, and therefor not an epithet The question that is not being addressed in any of the answers so far is the process by which the neutral term became one
- single word requests - A less derogatory alternative for epithet . . .
"Epithet" in the traditional sense of "Plinius the Elder" is limited to historical academia, so that greatly limits the utility of the word in the example sentence Since I've most often heard the word "epithet" being used in a disparaging sense, I think my question is valid, to those voting to close it
- In a title like Peter the Great, what is the name for the the Great . . .
"Epithet" comes to us via Latin from the Greek noun epitheton and ultimately derives from epitithenai, meaning "to put on" or "to add " In its oldest sense, an "epithet" is simply a descriptive word or phrase, especially one joined by fixed association to the name of someone or something (as in "Peter the Great" or the stock Homeric phrases
- slang - What is the origin of the word wog? - English Language . . .
'Wog' is a word first applied to local inhabitants (Chinese) by British troops stationed in Hong Kong, B C C The British High Commissioner issued a bulletin to all British troops to refrain from using racial slurs when referring to the Chinese and Indian inhabitan
- What is the difference between a vocative and an epithet?
My dictionary defines epithet as follows: n an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned: old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet 'dirty' So I don't see how either of your examples qualifies as an epithet
- shakespeare - Is sluttish time a metaphor? - English Language Usage . . .
A transferred epithet often involves shifting a modifier from the animate to the inanimate, as in the phrases "cheerful money," "sleepless night," and "suicidal sky " Given the close connection of slut and sluttish with specifically human (and more specifically female) hygiene, I think it is fair to say that "sluttish time" qualifies as a
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