An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut. of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed, added")'s a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing, which has become a fixed formula. It's various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and biological nomenclature. Linguistics In linguistics, an epithet can only be a… (More on Epithet)