Meanings
comparative more epical · superlative most epical
- archaicOf or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […].
2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 457
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveconstituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishepic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishepical
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Cite this entry
epical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epical
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