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1. (Also, ep&prim;i&syl;cal.) epic
of or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usu. centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: The Iliad
is an epic poem.
2. epic
resembling or suggesting such poetry:
an epic novel.
3. epic
heroic; majestic; impressively great.
4. epic
of unusually great size or extent:
a crime wave of epic proportions.
5. (n.) epic
an epic poem.
6. epic
epic poetry.
7. epic
a novel, film, etc., resembling or suggesting an epic.
8. epic
something worthy to form the subject of an epic.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L epicus < Gk epikós. See epos , -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
2. (adj) epic, heroic, larger-than-life
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
"an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
3. (adj) epic, epical
constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
"epic tradition"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) epic
narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style
2. (noun) epic
an epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. epic
a poem that treats of the events in the life of a nation or a race or the founder of one, agreeably to the passion inspiring it and in such form as to kindle and keep alive the heroism thereof in the generations thereafter; or a poem in celebration of the thoughts, feelings, and feats of a whole nation or race; its proper function is to disimprison the soul of the related facts and give a noble rendering of them; of compositions of this kind the "Iliad" of Homer, the "Æneid" of Virgil, and the "Divine Comedy" of Dante take the lead.
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Sense: a long poem telling a story of great deeds.
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 Afrikaans: heldedig |
 Arabic: قَصيدَه ملْحَمِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: епопея |
 Brazilian: epopeia |
 Czech: epos |
 German: das Epos |
 Danish: epos |
 Greek: έπος |
 Spanish: epopeya, poemaépico |
 Estonian: eepos |
 Farsi: حماسه؛ رزم نامه |
 Finnish: runoeepos |
 French: épopée |
 Hebrew: אֶפּוֹס |
 Hindi: महाकाव्य |
 Croatian: ep, epska pjesma |
 Hungarian: eposz |
 Indonesian: epos |
 Icelandic: söguljóð, hetjuljóð |
 Italian: poema epico, epopea |
 Japanese: 叙事詩 |
 Korean: 서사시 |
 Lithuanian: epas |
 Latvian: eposs |
 Malay: epik |
 Dutch: heldendicht |
 Norwegian: epos |
 Polish: epika |
 Persian: حماسه؛ رزم نامه |
 Pashto: رزمى شعر:، حماسه |
 Portuguese: epopeia |
 Romanian: poem epic |
 Russian: эпическая поэма |
 Slovak: epos |
 Slovenian: ep |
 Serbian: ep |
 Swedish: epos, episk dikt |
 Thai: โคลงเล่าเรื่อง |
 Turkish: destan |
 Taiwanese: 史詩 |
 Ukrainian: епічна поема |
 Urdu: افسانوی کرداروں کے شجاعت |
 Vietnamese: thiên anh hùng ca |
 Chinese: 史诗 |
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