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epithet

Word or phrase that characterizes a person, place, or thing, especially when used instead of the name or in addition to it; for example, Richard the Lion-Heart.
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751/1350) own observation as well as some epithetic statements the latter narrated from other leading figures to the effect that "thinking for an hour is better than worship of many years," and another statement that "thinking for an hour is superior to a whole night of prayer.
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Although, I have to admit I was hoping for a higher epithetic level akin to James J.
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The Composite Predicate make moan is the only one in this subgroup that has been recorded adjectivally modified by wofull, which is therefore rather epithetic.
Composite Predicates and idiomatisation in Middle English: a ... by Moralejo-Garate, Teresa / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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