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epithetons

epithetons is the plural of epitheton.

Meaning of epitheton

Noun

epitheton (plural epithetons or epitheta)

  1. (archaic, rare) An epithet, an attribute of a person or thing.
    • The next moꝛnyng the xj. of Iuly, Palmer was required to ſubſcribe to certayne Articles, whiche they had dꝛawen out, touchyng the cauſe of his condemnation: in the front wherof, were packt together many haynous termes, as hoꝛrible, heretical, damnable, deuiliſh, and execrable doctrine. […] Palmer....1570, Iohn Foxe, “The Second Examination and Accusation of Iulius Palmer, at Newbery”, in The Second Volume of the Ecclesiasticall History, Conteynyng the Actes and Monumentes of Martyrs, […]...

Questions about epithetons

What is epithetons the plural of?
Epithetons is the plural of epitheton.

Words near epithetons in the dictionary

  1. epithetized
  2. epithetizes
  3. epithetizing
  4. epithetless
  5. epitheton
  6. epithetons
  7. epithetry
  8. epithets
  9. epithionitrile
  10. epithionitriles
  11. epithite

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