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Webster 1913 Edition
Epical
Ep′ic-al
,Adj.
Epic.
– Ep′ic-al-ly
, adv.
Poems which have an
epical
character. Brande & C.
His [Wordsworth’s] longer poems (miscalled
epical
). Lowell.
Definition 2024
epical
epical
English
Adjective
epical (comparative more epical, superlative most epical)
- (now rare) Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 457:
- Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […].
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 457:
Noun
epical (plural epicals)
- (literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
- (poetry) In epic poetry, a lengthy, revered narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.