Epic

Definitions: Epic

Epic

Adjective

1. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture".

2. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition".

Noun

1. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "epic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

EPIC

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Epic

Description

Adjective: descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn; historic; traditional, traditionary; legendary; anecdotic, storied; described; Verb:

Poetry

Poem; epic, epic poem; epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy; amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode.

Adjective: poetic, poetical; lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic; Noun: metrical; a catalectin; elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic; amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic; Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric.

Size

Of cosmic proportions; of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.

Crosswords: Epic

Romanian (epic).

What I call an epic. (In a Lonely Place; writing credit: Dorothy B. Hughes; Edmund H. North)

The arrival of yet another thickheaded jock epic. There must be confetti all over the Library of Congress. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

I I was surprised to see a kangaroo in a World War I epic. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Gentlemen,welcome! You honor our island. I look foward to a tournament of truly epic proportions. (Enter the Dragon; writing credit: Michael Allin)

All mankind is facing an epic choice: a world of magic or a world of science. (The Flight of Dragons; writing credit: Peter Dickinson; Gordon R. Dickson)

The Epic That Never Was (1965)

Epic (1963)

The 10th Kingdom: The Making of an Epic (2000)

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996)

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993)

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References

• Epic Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Epic Professional - Cd-rom (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Wayne's World 1 & 2 - The Complete Epic (reference)

• Shogun - The Complete Epic (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Dirty Epic [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Olympus Stylus Epic QD CG Date 35mm Camera (reference)

• Philips 50PP9202 Epic 50" HDTV Television (reference)

• Philips 55PP9352 Epic 55" Digital Widescreen HDTV Television (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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A part of the epic grandeur of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is caught in this photograph.Credit: Bette Ariel.

Tall Za'tar : the guns of the revolution and the people made the epic of Palestinian steadfastness.Credit: Library of Congress.

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The epic alone has a right to fill twelve thousand lines with one battle.

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Economic History

Nepal

Nepal received about $1.9 million in EPIC funding. (references)

Indonesia

Legacies from Gadjah Mada's time include a codification of law and an epic poem. (references)

Estonia

Kalevipoeg, Estonia's epic national poem, was published in 1861 in both Estonian and German. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "epic": epic laughter ♦ Epic of Gilgamesh ♦ epic poem ♦ epic poet ♦ epic poetry ♦ EPIC process ♦ of epic proportions. Additional references.

Beginning with "epic": epic-o-meter, epic-reading.

Ending with "epic": meta-epic, mock-epic, oral-epic, satiric-epic, ur-epic.

Albanian

epik, poemë epike (heroic). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملحمي (heroic), ‏طويل (extended, far, lengthy, lingering, long, long-drawn, prolonged, protracted, tall), ‏الملحمى, ‏أثر فني يشبه الملحمة, ‏بطولي (heroic). (various references)

Bulgarian 

епопея (epopee). (various references)

Chinese 

史詩 , 史诗. (various references)

Czech

epos, epický (narrative), velkofilm (spectacle), grandiózní (grand, grandiose, imposing). (various references)

Danish

EPIC proces (EPIC process, epitaxial passivated integrated-circuit process, oxide-insulated-integrated-circuit process). (various references)

Dutch

episch. (various references)

Esperanto

epopea. (various references)

Farsi 

حماسی (Bardic, Heroic), حماسه (Epopee, Saga), رزمی , رزم نامه , شعررزمی . (various references)

Finnish

prosessin esisuunnittelun ja ohjauksen integrointi(EPIC) (early process design integrated with controls). (various references)

French

récit épique, poème, héroïque, épopée (epopee), épique. (various references)

German

episch. (various references)

Greek 

έποσ, επικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

שיר �'בורים. (various references)

Hungarian

eposz (Epos), epikus, hősies (gallant, heroic, heroical). (various references)

Indonesian

epik, syair kepahlawanan. (various references)

Italian

epopea (epic poem, epopee, Epos), epico (epical). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

大作 , エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいさく (counter-measure, counter-plan), エ�"ック . (various references)

Korean 

서사시. (various references)

Manx

daan mooar, ard-skeealagh, ard-skeeal (feature). (various references)

Pig Latin

epicay

Portuguese

epopéia (epic poem), transitório (brief, deciduous, Fleming, frail, fugacious, makeshift, momentary, passing prohibited, perishable cargo, peristalsis, temporary, transient, transitional, transitory), épico. (various references)

Romanian

eroic (courageous, drastic, heroic, strong), epopee (epopee, Epos), epic. (various references)

Russian 

эпическая поэма (epos), эпический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

epski, ep. (various references)

Spanish

épico. (various references)

Swedish

epos (Epos), episk. (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับมหากาพย์ (epical), วรร�"ค�"ี ละคร � าพยนตร์ที่ลงทุนสูงมากในการสร้างและมักมีเรื่องราวเกี่ยวกับประวัติศาสตร์, ซึ่งยิ่งใหญ่และกล้าหาญ, มหากาพย์. (various references)

Turkish

epope, epik (heroic), kahramanca (heroic), destansı (heroic), destan tarzı oyun, destan (epopee, Epos, saga). (various references)

Ukranian 

героїчний (heroic, valorous), епічний (heroic), епопея. (various references)

Welsh

arwraidd (heroic). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "epic": epical, epically, epicalyces, epicalyx, epicalyxes, epicardia, epicardial, epicardium, epicarp, epicarps, epicedia, epicedium, epicene, epicenes, epicenism, epicenisms, epicenter, epicenters, epicentral, epichlorohydrin, epichlorohydrins, epiclike, epicontinental, epicotyl, epicotyls, epicritic, epics, epicure, epicurean, epicureanism, epicureanisms, epicureans, epicures, epicurism, epicurisms, epicuticle, epicuticles, epicuticular, epicycle, epicycles, epicyclic, epicycloid, epicycloidal, epicycloids. (additional references)

Words ending with "epic": orthoepic, sepic. (additional references)

Words containing "epic": depict, depicted, depicter, depicters, depicting, depiction, depictions, depictor, depictors, depicts, orthoepically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Epic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Apbc, Apic, Bpic, ebac, ebc, ebec, ecip, efik, egic, Egpc, egpgc, eic, Eicg, Eiiib, eik, eip, elic, elik, eniac, enic, eoi, epa, epack, epc, Epca, epec, epex, epia, epica, epice, epich, epick, epict, epie, epig, epiic, epik, epil, epin, epiq, epis, epist, epit, epiv, epo, epoc, Epoca, epocj, epock, epois, epow, Eppur, eppy, epsis, eptic, Epyx, Espc, espec, etic, evic, Icpic, Ieprc, ipic, Ipico, Ippac, kebick, leptic, opac, opic, peci, peik, Sepik, tepic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pice.

-1 letter: cep, ice, pec, pic, pie.

-2 letters: pe, pi.

+1 letter: cripe, epics, piece, price, sepic, spice.

+2 letters: apices, apiece, apneic, biceps, ceriph, cipher, clypei, copied, copier, copies, cowpie, cripes, depict, epical, icecap, incept, ipecac, pectic, pectin, pelvic, pencil, peptic, picked, picker, picket, pickle, pieced, piecer, pieces, pierce, pincer, plaice, plicae, poetic, police, precis, priced, pricer, prices, pricey, prince, pumice, pyemic, recipe, septic, specie, spicae, spiced, spicer, spices, spicey, splice.

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