Definition of epic

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Epic (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style..

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Epicolic :: Epicolic (a.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
Epicerastic :: Epicerastic (a.) Lenient; assuaging.
Epichiremata :: Epichiremata (pl. ) of Epichirem.
Epic :: Epic (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a..
Epichorial :: Epichorial (a.) In or of the country.
Perigord Pie :: Perigord pie () A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures..
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..
Epicurean :: Epicurean (n.) One given to epicurean indulgence.
Epichirema :: Epichirema (n.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner..
Aeneid :: Aeneid (n.) The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas..
Gourmet :: Gourmet (n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
Depiction :: Depiction (n.) A painting or depicting; a representation.
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
Trochoid :: Trochoid (n.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids..
Epicoele :: Epicoele (n.) A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates..
Mahabharatam :: Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India..
Gastronomer :: Gastronomer (n.) One fond of good living; an epicure.
Perichordal :: Perichordal (a.) Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal..
Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally..
Epicurism :: Epicurism (n.) The doctrines of Epicurus.
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