Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - epic
Epic
epic
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. Derivatives epical adj. epically adv. Etymology: L epicus f. Gk epikos f. epos word, song
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I. adjective see: voice Date: 1589 of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an ~ , 2. extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope , heroic, ~al adjective ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1706 a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero , a work of art (as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an ~, a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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