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When someone wishes to remain anonymous, they do not reveal their name.
An appellation is a name or title given to a person, place, or thing.
Braggadocio is an excessively proud way of talking about your achievements or possessions that can annoy others.
If you delineate something, such as an idea or situation or border, you describe it in great detail.
A designation is a name, label, or mark that something is given to identify it.
Someone who is going around incognito is using a false name and/or has changed their appearance in order not to be recognized.
Something that is inconspicuous does not attract attention and is not easily seen or noticed because it is small or ordinary.
An infamous person has a very bad reputation because they have done disgraceful or dishonorable things.
Nomenclature is a specialized form of vocabulary that classifies or organizes things in the sciences or the arts into a clear and usable system.
A notorious person is well-known by the public at large; they are usually famous for doing something bad.
If you describe an action as ostentatious, you think it is an extreme and exaggerated way of impressing people.
A pseudonym is a fictitious or false name that someone uses, such as an alias or pen name.
A sobriquet is a nickname, usually humorous, that people give to someone or something.
Taxonomy is the science of classifying plants and animals into an organized system.
If someone acts in an unobtrusive way, their actions are not easily noticed and do not stand out in any way.
Noun
epithet
EP-i-thet
Context
Many poets and writers use epithets to describe people, such as “Richard the Lion-Hearted.” This epithet or descriptive name is used to show that he is brave and loyal like a lion. Sometimes epithets are not so complimentary, such as in “Julie the Horse-Faced” or “Egbert the Egghead.”
Quiz:Try again!
What is the purpose of an epithet?
It briefly explains how and when someone died.
It provides a short but memorable description of a consumer product.
It adds a modifying word or phrase to someone’s name.
Pathetic "Mary the Meek" is a pretty pathetic epithet.
Examples
If Washington was the "Sword of the Revolution" and Jefferson "the Pen," Patrick Henry more than earned his epithet as "the Trumpet" of the Revolution for rousing Americans to arms in the Revolutionary War.
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NPR
Ranchers today are up against a world that no longer views cowboys with nostalgia. The epithet "welfare cowboys" has become common in the national media, along with calls for an end to subsidized grazing on public lands.
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The Atlantic
A 1261 country ledger entry dubs a local man, "Robbenhode," and that epithet—in various versions, from Robert Hod to Robhod—flits through obscure official pages for the next few centuries.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Luke Edward Hall is an energetic and prolific British designer. He has a crescendo of new projects, making him the current talk of the design community. But as Hall continues on his streak of impressive collaborations out this spring, an added epithet ought to be applied to his name: humanities buff.
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Architectural Digest
An epithet is a term “placed upon” a person or thing, such as “the Magnificent” in “Lorenzo the Magnificent.”
Word Theater
Rocky IV Apollo Creed being introduced by his many epithets.
The panel shows a small video clip of either the word in actual use or a scene that represents the meaning of a word. This not only breaks up the monotony of studying words but also provides another avenue to strengthen word meaning. Enjoy!
