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nouna long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies. Origin of beast epicFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby beast epicbear up, bear with, bearwood, Beas, beast, beast epic, beastie, beastings, beastly, beast of burden, beast of prey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beast epicThe "beast-epic," as it was called, was also a favourite theme, especially in the form of Reynard the Fox. German Culture Past and Present|Ernest Belfort Bax Copple, the hen killed by Reynard, in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox . Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Bortell, the bull, in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox . Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Bru´in, the name of the bear, in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
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