epic

noun

A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

(software engineering) A large or extended user story.

(computing) Acronym of explicitly parallel instruction computing.

(electronics) Acronym of epitaxial integrated circuit.

(law) Acronym of Estates and Protected Individuals Code.

Acronym of East Plano Islamic Center.

Alternative letter-case form of epic (“extended narrative poem”); especially a poem within a particular tradition of epics. [An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.]

adjective

(colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

Extremely impressive or remarkable.

Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character

Of or relating to an epic.

(category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

Pertaining to a dialect characteristic of epic poems, especially Epic Greek.

(dated) Alternative letter-case form of epic (“relating to epic poems”). [Of or relating to an epic.]

Roots

eposepic- · Greek · word, song

Synonyms for epic

eposn sagan talen narrativen storyn

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Where does epic come from?

The word epic breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root epic-, from Greek epos (“word, song”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.