epicn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɛpɪk/, U.S.

/ˈɛpɪk/

Forms: 1500s–1800s epick, 1600s epik, 1600s epike, 1600s epique, 1600s– epic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin epicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin epicus (adjective) relating to the epic genre of poetry (see sense B. 1a), (noun) poet of this genre < Hellenistic Greek ἐπικός relating to the epic genre of poetry < ancient Greek ἔπος word, narrative, song (see epos n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. With the use as adjective compare Middle French, French épique (end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century), Spanish épico (1580), Italian epico (a1565).

A. n.

a. A poem, typically derived from ancient oral tradition, which celebrates in the form of a continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic characters of history or legend.Typical representatives of the genre are the Iliad and Odyssey.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem

epic1583

epopee1697

epopœia1749

epos1855

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. L.iii Were it meete that Ennius excelling in Epicks, shoulde dispraise Cecilius a Comicall Poet.

1660 Some Teares Dropt (single sheet) Epiques chang'd to Doleful Elegies.

1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick ii. 33 One of them was the Goddess of Elegies..and another of Epicks.

1789 T. Campbell Strictures on Eccl. & Lit. Hist. Ireland ix. 170 He [sc. Mr. M'Pherson] brought forward his counterfeit epicks [sc. the alleged poems of Ossian].

1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 277 Rose-coloured novels and iron-mailed epics.

1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 583 The most popular of all English poems has been the Puritan epic of the ‘Paradise Lost’.

1933 Greece & Rome 2 189 It is perhaps only an accident that the Greek epics are put in verse at all.

1977 F. L. Pryor Origins of Econ. vi. 159 The ox units mentioned in the Homeric epics.

1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. iii. 103 The dominant female in Virgil's epic is the frightening Juno.

b. A book, film, or other creative work resembling or likened to a traditional epic, esp. in portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended period of time.beast epic, folk epic, national epic, prose epic: see the first element.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types

romantic comedy1748

epic1785

pre-release1871

foreign film1899

frivol1903

dramedy1905

film loop1906

first run1910

detective film1911

colour film1912

news film1912

topical1912

cinemicrograph1913

scenic1913

sport1913

newsreel1914

serial1914

sex comedy1915

war picture1915

telefilm1919

comic1920

true crime1923

art house1925

quickie1926

turkey1927

two-reeler1928

smellie1929

disaster film1930

musical1930

feelie1931

sticky1934

action comedy1936

quota quickie1936

re-release1936

screwball comedy1937

telemovie1937

pickup1939

video film1939

actioner1940

space opera1941

telepic1944

biopic1947

kinescope1949

TV movie1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

deepie1953

misterioso1953

film noir1956

policier1956

psychodrama1956

free film1958

prequel1958

co-production1959

glossy1960

sexploiter1960

sci-fier1961

tie-in1962

chanchada1963

romcom1963

wuxia1963

chick flick1964

showreel1964

mockumentary1965

sword-and-sandal1965

schlockbuster1966

mondo1967

peplum1968

thriller1968

whydunit1968

schlocker1969

buddy-buddy movie1972

buddy-buddy film1974

buddy film1974

science-fictioner1974

screwball1974

buddy movie1975

slasher movie1975

swashbuckler1975

filmi1976

triptych1976

autobiopic1977

Britcom1977

kidflick1977

noir1977

bodice-ripper1979

chopsocky1981

date movie1983

kaiju eiga1984

screener1986

neo-noir1987

indie1990

bromance2001

hack-and-slash2002

mumblecore2005

dark fantasy2007

hack-and-slay2007

gorefest2012

kidult-

1785 C. Reeve Progress of Romance I. v. 86 Fenelon's Telemachus, is an Epic in prose.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. ix. 139 That great prose poem, the single epic of modern days, Thomas Carlyle's ‘French Revolution’.

1916 A. Huxley Let. 19 Mar. (1969) 95 I want very much to see the Birth of a Nation, which is said to be a really great film, an epic in pictures.

1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public i. ii. 32 Nash's..ran the last Forsyte epic as a serial.

1940 M. Gorelik New Theatres for Old ix. 412 An ‘epic’ is a large-scale film in which the events, usually historical, take precedence over the ‘love interest’.

2009 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. c3/2 Epics don't require sand or falling temples.

†2. A poet who composes epics. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > epic or heroic poet

heroic1594

epic1607

epo-poet1800

epicist1820

epopœist1840

epoist1842

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. iii. 23 It cannot be denied but that Virgil excelled all the Epickes [Fr. ceux qui auparauant auoyent escrit des vers heroicques].

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 64 in Wks. (1640) III Now to like of this, Lay that aside, the Epicks office is [L. promissi carminis auctor].

1744 Z. Grey in Butler's Hudibras (new ed.) I. 355 (note) The Epics are not more exact in describing Times and Seasons, than our Poet.

3. Often with the. That which is epic; the style or genre of epics.

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a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2770 in Wks. (1640) III The best Masters of the Epick, Homer, and Virgil.

1674 T. Rymer tr. R. Rapin Refl. Aristotle's Treat. Poesie 71 Aristotle distinguishes Poesie into three divers kinds of perfect Poems, the Epick, the Tragick, and the Comick [Fr. l'Epopée, la Tragedie, & la Comedie].

a1687 H. More Acct. Virtue (1690) i. xi. 69 From this Fountain sprung up Satyrical Poetry, even as from the Effects of Love and Courage, came the Epic and the Tragic.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 58 How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race.

c1819 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1998) IV. 787 The Play in Hamlet, in which the Epic is substituted for the Tragic in order to make the latter be felt as the real-Life Diction.

1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 13 Aug. 729/2 Our literature is rich in ballads, a form epitomical of the epic and dramatic.

1893 A. Lang (title) Homer and the epic.

1938 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 59 244 Most frequent in bucolic, elegiac, and dramatic poetry, the adynaton finds a place also in epic, lyric, and satire.

1966 G. Hough Ess. on Crit. xiii. 83 Aristotle..discussed tragedy, comedy and epic as separate genres.

2012 D. L. Munteanu Tragic Pathos i. iv. 83 Tragic poetry can be as independent from performance as the epic is.

4. An event or series of events likened to those in an epic, esp. in being grand in scale or lengthy and arduous.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice > of epic treatment

epic1833

epos1848

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin III. xxi. 216 This starry and dreamlike incident in the epic of life's common career.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. vii. 616 That life was a noble Christian epic.

1931 Illustr. London News 5 Sept. 358/1 Before middle age he has lived an epic.

1945 Railroad Mag. 37 ii. 13 The financing of this little pike was an epic in itself.

1985 Times 4 Apr. 15/1 The Government yesterday launched a mighty enterprise—nothing less than the occupational enfranchisement of the country's youth. Yet this [is] an epic without glamour.

2012 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 33 Laurie Spina knew the moment he saw the crowd of 11,000..that the 1982 Foley Shield grand final would be an epic.

B. adj.

a. Of or relating to the genre of poetic composition, typically derived from ancient oral tradition, which celebrates in the form of a continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic characters of history or legend; designating this genre.Epic cycle: see cycle n.¹ 6.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic

heroical?1521

heroica1586

epic1589

epical1694

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 50 Harding a Poet Epick or Historicall.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 6 Teaches what the laws are of a true Epic poem.

1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. sig. ai^v The same images serve equally for the Epique Poesie, and for the Historique and Panegyrique.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 106. ⁋1 Three and twenty Descriptions of the Sun-rising that might be of great Use to an Epick Poet.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 202. ⁋6 To be poor, in the epick language, is only not to command the wealth of nations.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cc. 103 My poem's epic, and is meant to be Divided in twelve books.

1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 31 The epic poet..must drink water out of a wooden bowl.

a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 73 Tennyson has endeavored to imitate the old epic simplicity.

1912 T. F. Henderson Ballad in Lit. iii. 92 Some of the Scandinavian ballads dealing with the old historical traditions are merely re-readings of older epic poems.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. 365/4 Homer reveals the world of gods as well as the world of men, both in epic verse.

2008 Phoenix 62 288 It is clear that the epic genre, starting from Virgil, and especially after Lucan, builds its identity on an intersection between the epic and the tragic canons.

2012 S. D. Olson Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite & Related Texts 283 A common early epic line that describes a warrior putting a helmet on his head in preparation for battle.

b. Designating a book, film, or other creative work resembling or likened to an epic poem; dealing with heroic exploits and adventures, esp. in a historical context; (more generally) grand in scope or imagination.

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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally

wateryc1230

polite?a1500

meagre1539

over-laboured1579

bald1589

spiritless1592

light1597

meretricious1633

standing1661

effectual1662

airy1664

severe1665

correct1676

enervatea1704

free1728

classic1743

academic1752

academical1752

chaste1753

nerveless1763

epic1769

crude1786

effective1790

creative1791

soulless1794

mannered1796

manneristical1830

manneristic1837

subjective1840

inartisticala1849

abstract1857

inartistic1859

literary1900

period1905

atmospheric1908

dateless1908

atmosphered1920

non-naturalistic1925

self-indulgent1926

free-styled1933

soft-centred1935

freestyle1938

pseudish1938

decadent1942

post-human1944

kitschy1946

faux-naïf1958

spare1965

1769 London Chron. 7 Mar. 229/2 This day was published..The Bonze; or, Chinese Anchorite. An oriental epic novel.

1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 118 Mr. Walter Savage Landor..author of an epic piece of gossiping called Gebir.

1859 Evening Herald 23 Apr. 3/5 The last landscape..is entitled the ‘The Mountain Top’... This composition is..the most epic work that this artist ever produced.

1910 Epic & Saga 210 Of these Irish epic tales, ‘The Destruction of Dà Derga's Hostel’ is a specimen of remarkable beauty and power.

1940 Times 19 July 6/6 Mr Steinbeck's novel..is a deliberately and self-consciously epic account of the agrarian revolution in America.

1990 Sunday Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 18 Nov. 1/2 Kevin Costner makes his directorial debut in ‘Dances with Wolves’, a three-hour epic film in which he also stars.

a. Of a person, event, action, etc.: such as is described in epic poetry; suitable for the subject of an epic poem; characterized by heroic and arduous endeavour; grand in scale or ambition.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic > as described in epic poetry

epic1652

epical1668

1652 T. Manley tr. P. Fisher Veni, vidi, Vici sig. H7 Chief Leader of the Epick Quire [L. Chori..Epici].

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (a)2 The shining Qualitiy of an Epick Heroe, his Magnanimity, his Constancy,..raises first our Admiration.

1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets 35 Then, might our great, Third Edward's awful Shade..Pale, from his Tomb, in Epic Strides, advance.

1787 Microcosm No. 30. ⁋7 Uniting the great and sublime of epic grandeur with the little and the low of common life.

1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son xxv. 253 Here, there, everywhere it went gleaming where men were thickest, like the hero's helmet in an epic battle.

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Prol. 12 Some great Princess, six feet high, Grand, epic, homicidal.

1890 Le Mars (Iowa) Sentinel 18 Nov. 1/3 The noblest descriptive powers would find a fitting subject in the epic journey of the life savers.

1917 B.E.F. Times 8 Sept. in Wipers Times (2006) 221/1 I am allowed to chronicle the epic deeds of the men from Blankshire.

1961 H. MacLennan in Amer. Heritage Oct. 6/1 When Francis Parkman went out on the Oregon Trail in 1846, the epic period of French-Scottish-Canadian exploration was over.

2009 Guardian 17 Dec. 41/3 An epic feat of engineering.

b. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Particularly impressive or remarkable; excellent, outstanding.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

ambrosial1598

sublimated1603

excellent1604

valiant1604

fabulous1609

pure1609

starryc1610

topgallant1613

lovely1614

soaringa1616

twanging1616

preclarent1623

primea1637

prestantious1638

splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

jam-up1832

slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

slap1840

tall1840

high-graded1841

awful1843

way up1843

exalting1844

hot1845

ripsnorting1846

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stupendous1848

stunning1849

raving1850

shrewd1851

jammy1853

slashing1854

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screaming1859

up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

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rorty1868

terrific1871

spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

gorgeous1883

nailing1883

stellar1883

gaudy1884

fizzing1885

réussi1885

ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

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out of sight1891

outasight1893

smooth1893

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large1895

super1895

hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

1983 USA Today 29 Sept. d1/5 When University of Florida linguistics professor David Pharies asked 350 sophomores for samples of college slang, here's what he found... ‘Killer’ is a compliment, along with ‘mint, awesome, prime, epic, golden, [etc.]’.

1985 Surfing May 66 The world's greatest surfers challenging the world's most epic waves.

1997 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 15 May 8 Want to look totally epic this year at..the pool?

2000 Daily Variety (Nexis) 23 Feb. 17 That's epic, dude.

2014 PC Pro Sept. 39/2 To hit such epic speeds, the researchers combined seven 200Gbits/sec channels over the top of BT's existing network.

Compounds

epic dialect n. a form of ancient Greek developed and used as a literary language in epic poems. [Originally after German epische Dichtart (1812 in the passage translated in quot. 1822, or earlier); compare epischer Dialekt (1811 or earlier).]

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1822 E. Everett tr. P. Buttmann Greek Gram. 272 The Epic dialect [Ger. die epische Dichtart] inclines more to softness.

1898 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 19 435 Any continuous consonant can, in the Epic dialect, make a metrically long syllable when following a short vowel.

1946 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 66 92 The epic dialect of Homer..was adopted not only by epic poets elsewhere, but also by Hesiod and the authors of the Homeric hymns.

2004 Glotta 80 50 ζα- itself..is normally understood to be an Aeolic feature of the epic dialect.

epic fail n. and int. colloquial (esp. in the language of social media) a complete failure or misadventure, esp. in an undertaking expected to proceed smoothly; a total disaster; frequently as int.

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2007 Stanford Daily 12 Feb. 4/1 A quick search of the word ‘epic’ yields a number of interesting definitions... Try it yourself and you'll see: epic fail.

2014 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Feb. d2 (caption) Fans stood in a sweltering rail station at Secaucus Junction as they waited for connections to MetLife Stadium. ‘It was an epic fail,’ said one.

2015 @_rayjohanna 27 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Tried to be good & eat just a salad for lunch & got chili cheese fries too. Epic fail.

epic theatre n. [after German episches Theater (1932 or earlier)] a style or genre of drama characterized by realism and an absence of theatrical devices.Epic theatre is particularly associated with Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956).

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches

satyric1693

legitimate1826

boulevard theatre1838

satyr drama1839

tragicomic1842

costume drama1847

Sardoodledom1895

slice of life1895

cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898

total theatre1935

epic theatre1938

Theatre of Cruelty1954

music theatre1957

psychodramatics1957

reader's theatre1957

metatheatre1960

Theatre of the Absurd1961

nautanki1962

Theatre of Fact1966

1938 J. W. Gassner in One-act Play Today xiv. 248 New dramatic forms were either created or disseminated by the ferment—the ‘Living Newspaper’ form, the epic theatre and its variants, and the mass recitation.

1945 Kenyon Rev. 7 467 Even those who have never seen or read a play by Bertolt Brecht know his name and associate it with Epic Theatre.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Feb. 13 Tippett realised that the best way to structure his new opera was to emulate Brecht's epic theatre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epic
释义	epicn.adj. Brit. /ˈɛpɪk/, U.S. /ˈɛpɪk/ Forms: 1500s–1800s epick, 1600s epik, 1600s epike, 1600s epique, 1600s– epic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin epicus. Etymology: < classical Latin epicus (adjective) relating to the epic genre of poetry (see sense B. 1a), (noun) poet of this genre < Hellenistic Greek ἐπικός relating to the epic genre of poetry < ancient Greek ἔπος word, narrative, song (see epos n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. With the use as adjective compare Middle French, French épique (end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century), Spanish épico (1580), Italian epico (a1565). A. n. 1. a. A poem, typically derived from ancient oral tradition, which celebrates in the form of a continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic characters of history or legend.Typical representatives of the genre are the Iliad and Odyssey. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem epic1583 epopee1697 epopœia1749 epos1855 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. L.iii Were it meete that Ennius excelling in Epicks, shoulde dispraise Cecilius a Comicall Poet. 1660 Some Teares Dropt (single sheet) Epiques chang'd to Doleful Elegies. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick ii. 33 One of them was the Goddess of Elegies..and another of Epicks. 1789 T. Campbell Strictures on Eccl. & Lit. Hist. Ireland ix. 170 He [sc. Mr. M'Pherson] brought forward his counterfeit epicks [sc. the alleged poems of Ossian]. 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 277 Rose-coloured novels and iron-mailed epics. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 583 The most popular of all English poems has been the Puritan epic of the ‘Paradise Lost’. 1933 Greece & Rome 2 189 It is perhaps only an accident that the Greek epics are put in verse at all. 1977 F. L. Pryor Origins of Econ. vi. 159 The ox units mentioned in the Homeric epics. 1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. iii. 103 The dominant female in Virgil's epic is the frightening Juno. b. A book, film, or other creative work resembling or likened to a traditional epic, esp. in portraying heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended period of time.beast epic, folk epic, national epic, prose epic: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types romantic comedy1748 epic1785 pre-release1871 foreign film1899 frivol1903 dramedy1905 film loop1906 first run1910 detective film1911 colour film1912 news film1912 topical1912 cinemicrograph1913 scenic1913 sport1913 newsreel1914 serial1914 sex comedy1915 war picture1915 telefilm1919 comic1920 true crime1923 art house1925 quickie1926 turkey1927 two-reeler1928 smellie1929 disaster film1930 musical1930 feelie1931 sticky1934 action comedy1936 quota quickie1936 re-release1936 screwball comedy1937 telemovie1937 pickup1939 video film1939 actioner1940 space opera1941 telepic1944 biopic1947 kinescope1949 TV movie1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 deepie1953 misterioso1953 film noir1956 policier1956 psychodrama1956 free film1958 prequel1958 co-production1959 glossy1960 sexploiter1960 sci-fier1961 tie-in1962 chanchada1963 romcom1963 wuxia1963 chick flick1964 showreel1964 mockumentary1965 sword-and-sandal1965 schlockbuster1966 mondo1967 peplum1968 thriller1968 whydunit1968 schlocker1969 buddy-buddy movie1972 buddy-buddy film1974 buddy film1974 science-fictioner1974 screwball1974 buddy movie1975 slasher movie1975 swashbuckler1975 filmi1976 triptych1976 autobiopic1977 Britcom1977 kidflick1977 noir1977 bodice-ripper1979 chopsocky1981 date movie1983 kaiju eiga1984 screener1986 neo-noir1987 indie1990 bromance2001 hack-and-slash2002 mumblecore2005 dark fantasy2007 hack-and-slay2007 gorefest2012 kidult- 1785 C. Reeve Progress of Romance I. v. 86 Fenelon's Telemachus, is an Epic in prose. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. ix. 139 That great prose poem, the single epic of modern days, Thomas Carlyle's ‘French Revolution’. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 19 Mar. (1969) 95 I want very much to see the Birth of a Nation, which is said to be a really great film, an epic in pictures. 1932 Q. D. Leavis Fiction & Reading Public i. ii. 32 Nash's..ran the last Forsyte epic as a serial. 1940 M. Gorelik New Theatres for Old ix. 412 An ‘epic’ is a large-scale film in which the events, usually historical, take precedence over the ‘love interest’. 2009 N.Y. Times 19 Dec. c3/2 Epics don't require sand or falling temples. †2. A poet who composes epics. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > epic or heroic poet heroic1594 epic1607 epo-poet1800 epicist1820 epopœist1840 epoist1842 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders i. iii. 23 It cannot be denied but that Virgil excelled all the Epickes [Fr. ceux qui auparauant auoyent escrit des vers heroicques]. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 64 in Wks. (1640) III Now to like of this, Lay that aside, the Epicks office is [L. promissi carminis auctor]. 1744 Z. Grey in Butler's Hudibras (new ed.) I. 355 (note) The Epics are not more exact in describing Times and Seasons, than our Poet. 3. Often with the. That which is epic; the style or genre of epics. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2770 in Wks. (1640) III The best Masters of the Epick, Homer, and Virgil. 1674 T. Rymer tr. R. Rapin Refl. Aristotle's Treat. Poesie 71 Aristotle distinguishes Poesie into three divers kinds of perfect Poems, the Epick, the Tragick, and the Comick [Fr. l'Epopée, la Tragedie, & la Comedie]. a1687 H. More Acct. Virtue (1690) i. xi. 69 From this Fountain sprung up Satyrical Poetry, even as from the Effects of Love and Courage, came the Epic and the Tragic. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 58 How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race. c1819 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1998) IV. 787 The Play in Hamlet, in which the Epic is substituted for the Tragic in order to make the latter be felt as the real-Life Diction. 1842 E. B. Barrett in Athenæum 13 Aug. 729/2 Our literature is rich in ballads, a form epitomical of the epic and dramatic. 1893 A. Lang (title) Homer and the epic. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 59 244 Most frequent in bucolic, elegiac, and dramatic poetry, the adynaton finds a place also in epic, lyric, and satire. 1966 G. Hough Ess. on Crit. xiii. 83 Aristotle..discussed tragedy, comedy and epic as separate genres. 2012 D. L. Munteanu Tragic Pathos i. iv. 83 Tragic poetry can be as independent from performance as the epic is. 4. An event or series of events likened to those in an epic, esp. in being grand in scale or lengthy and arduous. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice > of epic treatment epic1833 epos1848 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin III. xxi. 216 This starry and dreamlike incident in the epic of life's common career. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. vii. 616 That life was a noble Christian epic. 1931 Illustr. London News 5 Sept. 358/1 Before middle age he has lived an epic. 1945 Railroad Mag. 37 ii. 13 The financing of this little pike was an epic in itself. 1985 Times 4 Apr. 15/1 The Government yesterday launched a mighty enterprise—nothing less than the occupational enfranchisement of the country's youth. Yet this [is] an epic without glamour. 2012 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 33 Laurie Spina knew the moment he saw the crowd of 11,000..that the 1982 Foley Shield grand final would be an epic. B. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the genre of poetic composition, typically derived from ancient oral tradition, which celebrates in the form of a continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic characters of history or legend; designating this genre.Epic cycle: see cycle n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic heroical?1521 heroica1586 epic1589 epical1694 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxx. 50 Harding a Poet Epick or Historicall. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 6 Teaches what the laws are of a true Epic poem. 1667 J. Dryden Let. to Sir R. Howard in Annus Mirabilis 1666 Pref. sig. ai^v The same images serve equally for the Epique Poesie, and for the Historique and Panegyrique. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 106. ⁋1 Three and twenty Descriptions of the Sun-rising that might be of great Use to an Epick Poet. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 202. ⁋6 To be poor, in the epick language, is only not to command the wealth of nations. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cc. 103 My poem's epic, and is meant to be Divided in twelve books. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 31 The epic poet..must drink water out of a wooden bowl. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 73 Tennyson has endeavored to imitate the old epic simplicity. 1912 T. F. Henderson Ballad in Lit. iii. 92 Some of the Scandinavian ballads dealing with the old historical traditions are merely re-readings of older epic poems. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. 365/4 Homer reveals the world of gods as well as the world of men, both in epic verse. 2008 Phoenix 62 288 It is clear that the epic genre, starting from Virgil, and especially after Lucan, builds its identity on an intersection between the epic and the tragic canons. 2012 S. D. Olson Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite & Related Texts 283 A common early epic line that describes a warrior putting a helmet on his head in preparation for battle. b. Designating a book, film, or other creative work resembling or likened to an epic poem; dealing with heroic exploits and adventures, esp. in a historical context; (more generally) grand in scope or imagination. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally wateryc1230 polite?a1500 meagre1539 over-laboured1579 bald1589 spiritless1592 light1597 meretricious1633 standing1661 effectual1662 airy1664 severe1665 correct1676 enervatea1704 free1728 classic1743 academic1752 academical1752 chaste1753 nerveless1763 epic1769 crude1786 effective1790 creative1791 soulless1794 mannered1796 manneristical1830 manneristic1837 subjective1840 inartisticala1849 abstract1857 inartistic1859 literary1900 period1905 atmospheric1908 dateless1908 atmosphered1920 non-naturalistic1925 self-indulgent1926 free-styled1933 soft-centred1935 freestyle1938 pseudish1938 decadent1942 post-human1944 kitschy1946 faux-naïf1958 spare1965 1769 London Chron. 7 Mar. 229/2 This day was published..The Bonze; or, Chinese Anchorite. An oriental epic novel. 1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 118 Mr. Walter Savage Landor..author of an epic piece of gossiping called Gebir. 1859 Evening Herald 23 Apr. 3/5 The last landscape..is entitled the ‘The Mountain Top’... This composition is..the most epic work that this artist ever produced. 1910 Epic & Saga 210 Of these Irish epic tales, ‘The Destruction of Dà Derga's Hostel’ is a specimen of remarkable beauty and power. 1940 Times 19 July 6/6 Mr Steinbeck's novel..is a deliberately and self-consciously epic account of the agrarian revolution in America. 1990 Sunday Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 18 Nov. 1/2 Kevin Costner makes his directorial debut in ‘Dances with Wolves’, a three-hour epic film in which he also stars. 2. a. Of a person, event, action, etc.: such as is described in epic poetry; suitable for the subject of an epic poem; characterized by heroic and arduous endeavour; grand in scale or ambition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [adjective] > epic or heroic > as described in epic poetry epic1652 epical1668 1652 T. Manley tr. P. Fisher Veni, vidi, Vici sig. H7 Chief Leader of the Epick Quire [L. Chori..Epici]. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (a)2 The shining Qualitiy of an Epick Heroe, his Magnanimity, his Constancy,..raises first our Admiration. 1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets 35 Then, might our great, Third Edward's awful Shade..Pale, from his Tomb, in Epic Strides, advance. 1787 Microcosm No. 30. ⁋7 Uniting the great and sublime of epic grandeur with the little and the low of common life. 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son xxv. 253 Here, there, everywhere it went gleaming where men were thickest, like the hero's helmet in an epic battle. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) Prol. 12 Some great Princess, six feet high, Grand, epic, homicidal. 1890 Le Mars (Iowa) Sentinel 18 Nov. 1/3 The noblest descriptive powers would find a fitting subject in the epic journey of the life savers. 1917 B.E.F. Times 8 Sept. in Wipers Times (2006) 221/1 I am allowed to chronicle the epic deeds of the men from Blankshire. 1961 H. MacLennan in Amer. Heritage Oct. 6/1 When Francis Parkman went out on the Oregon Trail in 1846, the epic period of French-Scottish-Canadian exploration was over. 2009 Guardian 17 Dec. 41/3 An epic feat of engineering. b. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Particularly impressive or remarkable; excellent, outstanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1983 USA Today 29 Sept. d1/5 When University of Florida linguistics professor David Pharies asked 350 sophomores for samples of college slang, here's what he found... ‘Killer’ is a compliment, along with ‘mint, awesome, prime, epic, golden, [etc.]’. 1985 Surfing May 66 The world's greatest surfers challenging the world's most epic waves. 1997 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 15 May 8 Want to look totally epic this year at..the pool? 2000 Daily Variety (Nexis) 23 Feb. 17 That's epic, dude. 2014 PC Pro Sept. 39/2 To hit such epic speeds, the researchers combined seven 200Gbits/sec channels over the top of BT's existing network. Compounds epic dialect n. a form of ancient Greek developed and used as a literary language in epic poems. [Originally after German epische Dichtart (1812 in the passage translated in quot. 1822, or earlier); compare epischer Dialekt (1811 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1822 E. Everett tr. P. Buttmann Greek Gram. 272 The Epic dialect [Ger. die epische Dichtart] inclines more to softness. 1898 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 19 435 Any continuous consonant can, in the Epic dialect, make a metrically long syllable when following a short vowel. 1946 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 66 92 The epic dialect of Homer..was adopted not only by epic poets elsewhere, but also by Hesiod and the authors of the Homeric hymns. 2004 Glotta 80 50 ζα- itself..is normally understood to be an Aeolic feature of the epic dialect. epic fail n. and int. colloquial (esp. in the language of social media) a complete failure or misadventure, esp. in an undertaking expected to proceed smoothly; a total disaster; frequently as int. ΚΠ 2007 Stanford Daily 12 Feb. 4/1 A quick search of the word ‘epic’ yields a number of interesting definitions... Try it yourself and you'll see: epic fail. 2014 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Feb. d2 (caption) Fans stood in a sweltering rail station at Secaucus Junction as they waited for connections to MetLife Stadium. ‘It was an epic fail,’ said one. 2015 @_rayjohanna 27 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Tried to be good & eat just a salad for lunch & got chili cheese fries too. Epic fail. epic theatre n. [after German episches Theater (1932 or earlier)] a style or genre of drama characterized by realism and an absence of theatrical devices.Epic theatre is particularly associated with Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > other types or branches satyric1693 legitimate1826 boulevard theatre1838 satyr drama1839 tragicomic1842 costume drama1847 Sardoodledom1895 slice of life1895 cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 total theatre1935 epic theatre1938 Theatre of Cruelty1954 music theatre1957 psychodramatics1957 reader's theatre1957 metatheatre1960 Theatre of the Absurd1961 nautanki1962 Theatre of Fact1966 1938 J. W. Gassner in One-act Play Today xiv. 248 New dramatic forms were either created or disseminated by the ferment—the ‘Living Newspaper’ form, the epic theatre and its variants, and the mass recitation. 1945 Kenyon Rev. 7 467 Even those who have never seen or read a play by Bertolt Brecht know his name and associate it with Epic Theatre. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Feb. 13 Tippett realised that the best way to structure his new opera was to emulate Brecht's epic theatre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1583
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