[ˈɛpɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation

- an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity
(e.g: the business of getting hospital treatment soon became an epic)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek epikos, from epos ‘word, song’, related to eipein ‘say’

[ˈɛpɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics
(e.g: our national epic poem Beowulf)

- heroic or grand in scale or character
(e.g: his epic journey around the world)


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Origin:
late 16th century (as an adjective): via Latin from Greek epikos, from epos ‘word, song’, related to eipein ‘say’