Epitheton (e-pith’-e-ton): Attributing to a person or thing a quality or description-sometimes by the simple addition of a descriptive adjective; sometimes through a descriptive or metaphorical apposition. (Note: If the description is given in place of the name, instead of in addition to it, it becomes antonomasia or periphrasis.)
Ricky is a rogue bulldozer.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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