n. An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. epicus, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; a word, speech, tale, song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. épique. See Voice. ] Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. [ 1913 Webster ]
The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Epic. --
Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell. [1913 Webster]
a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shrimp. ] (Zoöl.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Pref. epi- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. epicedion, Gr. &unr_; dirge, elegy, fr. &unr_; funereal; &unr_; + &unr_; care, sorrow: cf. F. épicède. ] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [ R. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Elegiac; funereal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Epicedial. --