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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. ep-ik  [key]
Other Forms Formsépique

Meaning & History

From epic (adj.) 1580s, "pertaining to or constituting a lengthy heroic poem," via French épique or directly from Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos "a word; a tale, story; promise, prophecy, proverb; poetry in heroic verse" (from PIE root *wekw- "to speak"). Extended sense of "grand, heroic" first recorded in English 1731.
Added 4/27/2007 by Anonymous
Edited 1/21/2022 by Mike C and LMS