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Homeric

[hoh-mer-ik]

Ho·mer·ic

[hoh-mer-ik]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
2.
of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing: Homeric feats of exploration.

Origin:
1765–75; < Latin Homēricus < Greek Homērikós, equivalent to Hómēr(os) Homer + -ikos -ic

Ho·mer·i·cal·ly, adverb
non-Ho·mer·ic, adjective
post-Ho·mer·ic, adjective
pre-Ho·mer·ic, adjective
pseu·do-Ho·mer·ic, adjective
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Homeric or Homerian (həʊˈmɛrɪk, həʊˈmɪərɪən)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems
2.  imposing or heroic
3.  See epic of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer
 
Homerian or Homerian
 
adj
 
Ho'merically or Homerian
 
adv

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