epithet

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If fighting in itself, be it offensive or defensive, is, as Quakers rightly testify, brutal and wrong, we can still say with Lessing, "We know from what failings our virtue springs." "Sneaks" and "cowards" are epithets of the worst opprobrium to healthy, simple natures.
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Even in the latter days of feudalism, when the long continuance of peace brought leisure into the life of the warrior class, and with it dissipations of all kinds and gentle accomplishments, the epithet Gishi (a man of rectitude) was considered superior to any name that signified mastery of learning or art. The Forty-seven Faithfuls--of whom so much is made in our popular education?are known in common parlance as the Forty-seven Gishi.
"epithet" を辞書で見ます。
・Compact Oxford English Dictionary: an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned:　old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’
・Dictionary.com:
1.any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
2.a characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like, as “man's best friend” for “dog.”
3.a word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc.
自分で言うのは可笑しいですが 「コツコツ英単語」 "is an epithet of Bane"．