HEROIC
\hɪɹˈə͡ʊɪk], \hɪɹˈəʊɪk], \h_ɪ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of HEROIC
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
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having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"
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a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"
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a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
By Princeton University
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Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
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Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
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Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; - said of the representation of a human figure.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
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Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
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Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; - said of the representation of a human figure.
By Noah Webster.
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Having distinguished courage; brave; noble; fearless; producing men of great courage and noble deeds; larger than life; venture some; drastic; as, we must use heroic measures.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Heroine.
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Relating to or like a hero; brave; venturesome.
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Art. Larger than life.
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A heroic verse; in the plural, extravagances of language. heroical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Becoming or worthy of a hero; having the qualities of a hero; respecting heroes; productive of heroes. Heroic age, the age when the heroes of Grecian antiquity are supposed to have lived. Heroic treatment, treatment of a violent nature.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
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