| 1. | imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style. |
| 3. | an imitation or burlesque of something heroic. |

| mock-he·ro·ic (mŏk'hĭ-rō'ĭk) n. A satirical imitation or burlesque of the heroic manner or style. mock'-he·ro'ic adj., mock'-he·ro'i·cal·ly adv. |