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epic
[ ep-ik ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style:
Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.
- resembling or suggesting such poetry:
an epic novel on the founding of the country.
the epic events of the war.
- of unusually great size or extent:
a crime wave of epic proportions.
- Slang. very impressive; spectacular; awesome:
Their burgers and fries are epic!
noun
- an epic poem.
- epic poetry.
- any composition resembling an epic.
- something worthy to form the subject of an epic:
The defense of the Alamo is an American epic.
- Epic. Also called Old Ionic. the Greek dialect represented in the Iliad and the Odyssey, apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.
epic
/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
- a long narrative poem recounting in elevated style the deeds of a legendary hero, esp one originating in oral folk tradition
- the genre of epic poetry
- any work of literature, film, etc, having heroic deeds for its subject matter or having other qualities associated with the epic
a Hollywood epic
- an episode in the lives of men in which heroic deeds are performed or attempted
the epic of Scott's expedition to the South Pole
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or characteristic of an epic or epics
- of heroic or impressive proportions
an epic voyage
epic
- A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds. The setting is vast in scope, covering great nations, the world, or the universe, and the action is important to the history of a nation or people. The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneidare some great epics from world literature, and two great epics in English are Beowulfand Paradise Lost.
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of epic1
Example Sentences
But their journey South is just as much one of deliberate self-destruction, an epic flame-out that is clearly meant to climax once they arrive at their parents’ home — the prodigal child’s disastrous return.
Amazon MGM showed off many other films, including Ryan Gosling's space epic Project Hail Mary in which he play's a reluctant astronaut tasked with saving humanity.
A dancer in the production happened to be Akram Khan, now a leading choreographer who has made his own large-scale dance from the Hindu epic.
Boxing great George Foreman, heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali in the epic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ before becoming an entrepreneur, dies at 76.
Each was perceived as epic, and most were.
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