heroic : Idioms & Phrases
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Heroic treatment ∨ remedies
(Med.) , treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case.
Webster 1913
Heroic Age
- the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
Webster 1913
heroic couplet
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noun a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
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heroic meter
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noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
heroic meter; heroic.
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heroic poem
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noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
epic poem; epic; epos.
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Heroic poetry
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noun poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
epic poetry.
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- that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry.
Webster 1913
heroic stanza
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noun a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab
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heroic tale
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noun a story of an adventure
adventure story.
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Heroic verse
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noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
heroic meter; heroic.
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(Pros.) , the verse of heroic or epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry the hexameter.
Webster 1913
Mock heroic
- burlesquing the heroic;
as, a .mock heroic poem
Webster 1913
mock-heroic
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noun a satirical imitation of heroic verse
