epitheton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"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. Alter the Epithetons, and I will ſubſcribe."

Learned borrowing from Latin epitheton. Doublet of epithet.

epithetons (plural) epitheta (plural)

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