noun🔗Share異名, 称号A term used to characterize a person or thing."The unkind student used the epithet "lazy" to describe his classmate. "不親切な生徒は、クラスメートを説明するために「怠け者」という異名を使った。languageliteraturewritingwordcharacterstylepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share形容句、異名A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person."The student, known for his late arrivals, jokingly accepted the epithet "Mr. Always Late." "遅刻で知られるその生徒は、冗談めかして「ミスターいつも遅刻」という異名を受け入れた。literaturelanguagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share形容句、修飾語One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing."My little brother, known by the epithet "the troublemaker," was causing a lot of noise again. "「いたずら者」という形容句で知られる私の弟は、また騒音を立てていた。literaturelanguagewordstylephrasewritingmythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share侮辱語, 罵倒語An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase."The angry customer hurled the epithet "incompetent" at the cashier. "怒った客は、レジ係に「無能」という侮辱語を浴びせた。languagewordcommunicationcharacternegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share種小名A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name."In the scientific name Escherichia coli, "coli" is the species epithet. "Escherichia coliの学名において、"coli"は種小名です。biologyscienceorganismwordlinguisticsplantanimalmicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share呼ぶ, 名付けるTo term; to refer to as."He was epitheted "the king of fools"."彼は「愚か者の王」と呼ばれた。languagewordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
