Epic

Tuesday 22^nd November 2016

Epic - /ˈɛpɪk/

Noun

1) A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.

1.1) [mass noun] The genre of epics

1.2) A long film, book, or other work portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended period of time

2) Informal An exceptionally long and arduous task or activity

Adjective
1) Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics

2) Heroic or grand in scale or character

2.1) Informal Particularly impressive or remarkable

Example sentences

Noun

‘Maybe she was some sort of scribe, writing epics about their heroic journey?’

‘The romances display gentler emotions not found in Greek epic’

‘A Hollywood biblical epic’

‘The business of getting hospital treatment soon became an epic’

Adjective

‘Our national epic poem Beowulf’

‘His epic journey around the world’

‘The gig last night was epic’

Origin

Late 16th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek epikos, from epos word, song, related to eipein say.

Thanks to: www.oxforddictionaries.com