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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: epitheton, from Greek, from epitithenai 'to put on, add']
a word or short phrase used to describe someone, especially when praising them or saying something unpleasant about them
::He hardly deserves the epithet 'fascist'.