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Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..

Epithetic :: Epithetic (a.) Alt. of Epithetica.

Denomination :: Denomination (n.) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons..

Denominate :: Denominate (v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

Sobriquet :: Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.

Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person..

Ekename :: Ekename (n.) An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

Triune :: Triune (a.) Being three in one; -- an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.

Epithet :: Epithet (v. t.) To describe by an epithet.

Epithet :: Epithet (n.) Term; expression; phrase.

Two-handed :: Two-handed (a.) Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful..

Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.

Thunderer :: Thunderer (n.) One who thunders; -- used especially as a translation of L. tonans, an epithet applied by the Romans to several of their gods, esp. to Jupiter..

Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..

Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..

Heart :: Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish h

Epithetical :: Epithetical (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets..

Epithet :: Epithet (n.) An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn..

Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

Agnomen :: Agnomen (n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just..

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