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Definition of epic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

epic

adjective
 
/ˈepɪk/
 
/ˈepɪk/
[usually before noun]
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  1. having the features of an epic
    • an epic poem
    compare lyric
  2. taking place over a long period of time and involving a lot of difficulties
    • an epic journey/struggle
  3. very great and impressive
    • a tragedy of epic proportions
  4. (informal) very good, impressive or great fun
    • The party was epic!
    • I went to an epic festival last summer.
  5. Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek epikos, from epos ‘word, song’, related to eipein ‘say’.
See epic in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee epic in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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