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A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.

to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn. A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet "worthless" seems best applicable. Hallam.

Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.

A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason.

Epithumetical. [Obs.]

Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.

A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

Derived from epithelial cells and destined to become a part of the muscular system; -- applied to structural elements in certain embryonic forms.

A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.

Situated under the epithelium.

An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.…

The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show…

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,…

In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apotghem; sententious; pithy.

, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. Milton.

of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.