epic: Meaning and Definition of
ep•ic
Pronunciation: (ep'ik), [key]
— adj.
—n.
- 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.
- (cap.) Also calledthe Greek dialect represented in the Iliad and the Odyssey, apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.
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