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epical, a.|ˈɛpɪkəl|
[f. epic a. and n. + -al1.]
1. Characteristic of an epic; resembling the style or the subjects proper to epic poetry.
1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1873) 224 The simple epical accumulation of sentences. 1838Emerson Addr. Camb. Mass. Wks. (Bohn) II. 204 The Hebrew and Greek Scriptures contain immortal sentences..But they have no epical integrity. 1853F. W. Newman Odes of Horace 27 The rhythm is vigorous and simple, in some sense epical. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. Introd. 14 The great figure of the Poet..and the equally remarkable Preacher..give a certain historical and epical form to the narrative.
2. Of the nature of an epic, or of epic poetry: cf. epic a. 1.
1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. II. 565/1 The Epical poetry of the Hebrews. 1850Blackie æschylus I. Pref. 32 A high-toned epical narrative. 1882A. W. Ward in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 425 A form of poetry more elastic than either the epical or the dramatic.
Hence ˈepically adv., in an epical manner; in the style of an epic poem.
1863Athenæum 8 Aug. 176/3 We have seen Milton's vision of Eden treated in fond fancy epically..by a small versifier. 1882Stevenson in Longm. Mag. I. 73 Typical incidents, epically conceived, fitly embodying a crisis. |