epopœist|ɛpəʊˈpiːɪst| [f.prec. (or f.Gr. ἐποποι-ός) + -ist.] One who writes epic poetry. 1840Tait's Mag. VII. 411 The historian is merely a more modern name for the Epopœist.1850Blackie æschylus I. 7 Those who are familiar with the productions of the great Ionic Epopœist.