Relating to or of the nature of an epithet; descriptive in the manner of an epithet.
From epithet (Greek epitheton 'attributed') + -ic. This adjective describes language that functions like epithets.
When someone is called 'Richard the Lionheart,' that's epithetic language—adding a descriptive phrase that's become so famous it's basically part of the name!
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