blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis and it is sometimes
restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, — the term endothelium being
applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.
Epitheloid
(Ep`i*the"loid) a. (Anat.) Epithelioid.
Epithem
(Ep"i*them) n. [L. epithema, Gr. fr. to lay or put on: cf. F. épithème. See Epithet.] (Med.) Any
external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
Epithema
(||Ep`i*the"ma) n. [NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + a case, box, fr. to place.] (Zoöl.) A horny excrescence
upon the beak of birds.
Epithesis
(||E*pith"e*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a putting on; 'epi` upon + to place.] The addition of a letter at
the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.
Epithet
(Ep"i*thet) n. [L. epitheton, Gr. fr. added, fr. to add; 'epi` upon, to + to put, place: cf. F. épithète.
See Do.]
1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate 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. 2. Term; expression; phrase. "Stuffed with epithets of war." Shak.
Syn. — Epithet, Title. The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which give a title or describe
character but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further,
considering the term epithet as belonging only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add
nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as, the
bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. But this restriction does not prevail in general literature. Epithet is
sometimes confounded with application, which is always a noun or its equivalent.
Epithet
(Ep"i*thet), v. t. To describe by an epithet. [R.]
Never was a town better epitheted.
Sir H. Wotton. Epithetic
(Ep`i*thet"ic Ep`i*thet"ic*al) a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured
prose." Lloyd.
Epithite
(Ep"i*thite) n. A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason.
Epithumetic
(Ep`i*thu*met"ic) a. Epithumetical. [Obs.]
Epithumetical
(Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al) a. [Gr. fr. to long for, lust after; 'epi` + qymo`s soul, heart, desire.]
Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.
Epitithides
(Ep`i*tith"i*des) n. [NL., fr. Gr. to place upon. See Epithet.] (Arch.) The uppermost member
of the cornice of an entablature.
Epitomator
(E*pit"o*ma`tor) n. [LL.] An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton.
Epitome
(E*pit"o*me) n.; pl. Epitomes [L., fr. Gr. a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. to cut
into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome.]
