Word of the day December 9, 2017

ep·i·thet

(ĕp′ə-thĕt′)

n.

1.

a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.