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Homeric
[ hoh-mer-ik ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing:
Homeric feats of exploration.
Homeric
/ həʊˈmɛrɪk; həʊˈmɪərɪən /
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems
- imposing or heroic
- of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic
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Derived Forms
- Hoˈmerically, adverb
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Other Words From
- Ho·meri·cal·ly adverb
- non-Ho·meric adjective
- post-Ho·meric adjective
- pre-Ho·meric adjective
- pseudo-Ho·meric adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
With a boy, trouble must be of Homeric dimensions to last overnight.
For me, this music conjures his surpassing diplomatic skills, his gift for Homeric friendship—and his promise, lost.
He wanted to ensure that in these Homeric days of countless heroes, that the heroes of Times Square would not be forgotten.
What is the Aeneid if not a re-imagining of the Homeric epics?
The account of this man's giant strength, the narrative of hisPg 114 exploits in subduing the wild bulls, are quite Homeric.
All the family go down together, and the washing is carried out, in true Homeric style, by the ladies personally.
Then, as the sacred chronicler tersely and with Homeric brevity tells us, the shepherd "slew both the lion and the bear."
The certainties of the exact sciences are one thing: the opinions of Homeric commentators are other and very different things.
The separatist theories of the Homeric poems are not more secure than the Solar Myth, "like a wave shall they pass and be passed."
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