Definitions of mock-heroic [ˈmɒk ə ri]

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Definition of 'mock-heroic'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) mock-heroic
imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action.

2. mock-heroic
satirizing the heroic style of literature:
a mock-heroic poem.

3. mock-heroic
a literary work written in mock-heroic style.

Etymology: (1705–15)

Definition of 'mock-heroic'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mock-heroic
a satirical imitation of heroic verse

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