epitheted, ppl. a. rare.
(ˈɛpɪθɛtɪd)
[f. epithet n. or v. + -ed.]
a. Abounding with epithets. b. Designated by epithets.
| 1808 Wolcott (P. Pindar) One more Peep at R. Acad. Wks. 1812 V. 361 Doctor Darwin won a name By glittering tinsel, epitheted rhyme. 1880 World 10 Nov. 6/2 The profusely epitheted horse. |
c. Designated by an epithet too coarse or violent to repeat. jocular.
| 1896 Punch 21 Nov. 241/2 Mr. Jones's compliments, Sir, and when the epitheted substantive is this noise going to stop? 1905 Daily Chron. 1 July 4/4 No London fire engine has such precedence as the 'Varsity boat. If you make it ‘easy all’ with your epithetted clumsiness in a boat—it is ten-and-sixpence. |