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epithite en · NOUN

Etymology

Ancient Greek

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant.
   • And therefore wise men have alwaies applauded their own judgement, in the contradiction of that of the people; and their soberest adversaries, have ever afforded them the stile of fools and mad men; and to speak impartially, their actions have often made good these Epithites. 1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
2. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of epithet.
   alt of epithet
   • Faire is too foule an Epithite for thee c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act V, scene ii:

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