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单词 epopee
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epopee

[ ep-uh-pee, ep-uh-pee ]
/ ˈɛp əˌpi, ˌɛp əˈpi /

noun

an epic.
epic poetry.
Also ep·o·poe·ia [ep-uh-pee-uh]. /ˌɛp əˈpi ə/.

Origin of epopee

1690–1700; <French épopée<Greek epopoiía, equivalent to épo(s) epos + poi(eîn) to make + -ia-ia

Words nearby epopee

eponym, eponymous, eponymy, epoophorectomy, epoophoron, epopee, epos, epoxidation, epoxide, epoxidize, epoxy
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Example sentences from the Web for epopee

  • The rhythm of these spiritual transformations is the epopee of Jean Christophe.

    Romain Rolland|Stefan Zweig
  • To the epopee succeeds the bourgeois drama, not to say the comedy.

    Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1|William Walton
  • The poetry of enthusiasm, as the epopee and the ode, is that to which this style is best adapted.

    A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
  • But Gogol's glory is not derived solely from his epopee of the Cossacks.

    Russia: Its People and Its Literature|Emilia Pardo Bazán

British Dictionary definitions for epopee

epopee

epopoeia (ˌɛpəˈpiːə)

/ (ˈɛpəʊˌpiː, French epɔpe) /

noun

an epic poem
epic poetry in general

Word Origin for epopee

C17: from French épopée, from Greek epopoiia, from epos + poiein to make
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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