epithetic
/ˌɛpɪˈθɛtɪk/
epithetic adjective: of or relating to epithets.
Adjective
epithetic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to epithets.
- epithetic names for the gods
- In epithetic measur'd prose.a. 1764, Robert Lloyd, On Rhyme
- Of or relating to epithesis.
- an epithetic vowel
Origin of epithetic
From epithet + -ic. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπῐθετῐκός (epĭthetĭkós) and Greek επιθετικός (epithetikós).
Words formed from epithetic
Words that rhyme with epithetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about epithetic
- What does epithetic mean?
- Epithetic means of or relating to epithets.
- What part of speech is epithetic?
- Epithetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce epithetic?
- Epithetic is pronounced /ˌɛpɪˈθɛtɪk/.
Words near epithetic in the dictionary
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