epithite

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epithite

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Ancient Greek

noun epithites

  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.
  2. obsolete Obsolete spelling of epithet Faire is too foule an Epithite for thee

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@misc{epithite_2026,
  title = {epithite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epithite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}