epic

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. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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. 'epi` upon + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]