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Definition: Epic Poem |
Epic PoemNoun1. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Epic PoemSynonyms: epic (n), epos (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Epic Poem |
| English words defined with "epic poem": Beowulf ♦ Cid ♦ El Cid, Epopoeia ♦ Iliad ♦ John Milton ♦ liad ♦ Messiad, Milton ♦ Nibelungenlied ♦ odyssey ♦ Publius Vergilius Maro ♦ rhapsody ♦ Tasso, Thebaid, Torquato Tasso ♦ Vergil, Virgil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "epic poem": Argonauts ♦ Davideis, Divino Lodovico ♦ Orlando Furioso ♦ Rama-Yana. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "epic poem": BRUIN. (references) |
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Economic History | Indonesia | Legacies from Gadjah Mada's time include a codification of law and an epic poem. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epic poem | 50 |
beowulf epic poem | 6 |
by epic poem virgil | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "epic poem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epos, heldendicht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | epopeo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Heldengedicht (epic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | epopea (epic, epopee, Epos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 叙事詩 (descriptive poetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょじし (descriptive poetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epicay oempay epopéia (epic). (various references) hanesgerdd, arwrgerdd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | epos. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-m-o-p-p" | |
-3 letters: piece. | |
-4 letters: cepe, come, comp, cope, emic, epic, mice, mope, peep, pepo, pice, pimp, pipe, poem, pome, pomp, pope. | |
-5 letters: cee, cep, cop, eme, ice, imp, moc, mop, ope, pec, pee, pep, pic, pie, pip, poi, pom, pop. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-m-o-p-p" | |
+3 letters: mucopeptide. | |
+4 letters: micropipette, mucopeptides. | |
+5 letters: hypermetropic, micropipettes, misperception. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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