Synonyms for epic
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ep-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp ɪk |
Définition of epic
Origin :- 1580s, perhaps via Middle French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "word, story, poem," from PIE *wekw- "to speak" (see voice). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731. The noun meaning "an epic poem" is first recorded 1706.
- noun long story
- She speaks in equal ruptures of an opera dancer and an epic poet.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- In the third place the epic, in which there are heroes and other lesser personages.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte
- And its incorporation is by no means equivalent to the pollution of epic.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad » by Walter Harte
- And what an epic, what a Biblical numbering of that people suggested itself!
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- An epic story of the Great West from which the famous picture was made.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- Milton in his day doubted whether an epic poem was any longer possible.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- If they rival that epic of yours, which I have never forgotten, they should be worth hearing.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- I think he was writing an epic poem, and I think he was happy in an ineffectual way.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- His boots were an epic of despair, his necktie was a tragedy.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- No saga will ever glorify their deeds, no epic make them immortal.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
Antonyms for epic
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