epic
nounadjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈɛp.ɪk//
- Australia//ˈep.ɪk//
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
noun
- 1
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.
- 2
A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.
The book was an epic in four volumes.
These epics nearly always had runaway trains, nincompoops floundering with the controls and a collapsed bridge just ahead!
- 3
A large or extended user story.
Epics are shown in a separate list from user stories. This is because it is the user stories that are developed, not epics. Epics are decomposed into child user stories.
Etymology
From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to an epic.
Beowulf is an epic poem.
The main theme of epic poetry is, of course, the hero, his life, his greatness of character, his deeds and his death.
- 2
Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character.
The epic defense was rewarded with the highest military decorations
China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]
After all, Epic Fury captures the Trump presidency in its essence. Everything Mr. Trump does, at least as he sees it, is epic — the biggest, the most, the first, “like we’ve never seen before,” as he likes to say.
- 3
Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.
The after-prom party was truly epic.
You made an epic mistake.
Then tell him his daughter's an epic shag.
adjective
- 1
That is an epimorphism.
Etymology
From epi-, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).
Forms
- plural
- epics
- comparative
- more epic
- superlative
- most epic
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