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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
/ ˈɛpɪk /
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 , the , and the are some great epics from world literature, and two great epics in English are and .
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Notes
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Other Words From
- ep·i·cal·ly adverb
- ep·ic·like adjective
- non·ep·ic adjective noun
- non·ep·i·cal adjective
- sem·i·ep·ic adjective noun
- sem·i·ep·i·cal adjective
- su·per·ep·ic adjective noun
- un·ep·ic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of epic1
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Example Sentences
Excerpted from Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray.
Neil deGrasse Tyson weighed in on what the epic film got wrong and right.
That corruption, says Stafford Smith, provided the opportunity for a “frame-up of epic proportions.”
He had aspired to construct an epic figure after visiting the pyramids and sphinxes of Egypt in 1855.
Jaguar scored epic wins at the grueling Le Mans 24-hour race.
Chapelaine celebrated her in 12 times 1200 verses; Southey has made her the subject of an epic, and Schiller of a tragedy.
This simple tale is told in twelve cantos; it aims to be an epic, and in its external form is such.
The epic character of the poem is sustained further than in its mere outward form; the manner of telling is truly epic.
Possibly he was led astray also by his desire to create an epic poem, in which a visit to the lower regions is a necessity.
Mistral spent seven years in elaborating his second epic, as he did in writing his first.
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