ˈepɪk n. & adj. --n. 1 a long
poem narrating
the adventures or deeds of
one or
more heroic or
legendary figures, e.g. the Iliad,
Paradise Lost. 2 an
imaginative work of
any form, embodying a nation's
conception of
its past history. 3 a
book or
film based on an epic
narrative or heroic in
type or scale. 4 a
subject fit
for recital in an epic. --adj. 1 of or like an epic. 2
grand, heroic. øøepical adj. epically adv. [L epicus f. Gk epikos f.
epos word, song]