Converse of subject

• suggest: The branches bear horrific sharp axillary spines, as is suggested by the specific epithet ( Gibson 1999 ).

Converse of object

• deserve: He, as well as the king, both deserve the epithet ' great ' .

• apply: Now may we be convinced of the propriety of applying the epithet " good " to humility or piety toward God.

• transfer: Did you notice him then, secret and shy as an otter, Transferring an epithet?

• give: As a result of this action he was given the epithet " Butcher " Cumberland.

• use: The gig was organized by a promoter who uses the epithet " Up For It " .

• earn: As a result he earned the epithet ' Battle Shirker ' .

Adjective modifier

• racial: These defendants verbally threatened their victims and used racial epithets while chasing them through the streets of a Chicago, Illinois suburb.

• specific: The adjective applied to the plant, the specific epithet, is often helpful in describing the plant.

• such: The use of such epithets may relieve the spleen, but it teaches us nothing.

• same: The same epithet is sometimes [ 240 ] coupled with the term relation, in which case the impropriety is still more glaring.

• other: And there may now have been a few other unsatisfactory epithets which had been conveyed to him from Xan, via Daphne.

• opprobrious: Often the women joined in, and as they bid excitedly against each other the church rang with opprobrious epithets.