0 an adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them:
1 a word or phrase used to describe someone, often as an insult:
a racial epithet
His stubbornness earned him the epithet “Senator No.”
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.