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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A work in the mockheroic style.
2. 2
   a satirical imitation of heroic verse wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

Synonyms

All synonyms

broadbucolicburlesquecomiccomicaldidactic

Etymology

From mock + heroic.

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