Epical

//ˈɛpɪkəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any book containing two or more epics.
  2. 2
    A lengthy, revered narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose. archaic

    "Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic wordnet

Example

More examples

"Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […]."

Etymology

From epic + -al.

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