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adjective

Heroic adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.

2.

Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.

3.

(Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; said of the representation of a human figure.

Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.

Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry.

Heroic treatment or Heroic remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case.

Heroic verse (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.

Synonyms: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious.

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"Heroic" Quotes from Famous Books

... to fly away and be at rest. He tries to denude himself of followers. When the six hundred men of Gath—who had been with him ever since his early days in Philistia, and had grown grey in his service—make themselves the van of his little army, he urges the heroic Ittai, their leader, to leave him a fugitive, and to worship the rising sun, "Return to thy place, and abide with the king"—so thoroughly does he regard the crown as passed already from his brows. The priests with the ark are sent back; he is not worthy ...

— The Life of David - As Reflected in His Psalms • Alexander Maclaren

... opponents, and to secure for himself favourable prospects of success. We all know what he achieved. The whole history of the growth of the European nations and of mankind generally would have been changed had the King lacked that heroic power ...

— Germany and the Next War • Friedrich von Bernhardi

... cotton out of her ears, the bird said to her, "Heroic princess, be not angry with me for joining with those who exerted themselves to preserve my liberty. Though in a cage, I was content with my condition; but since I am destined to be a slave, I would rather be yours than any ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 4 • Anon.

... authority of mere old-fashioned politeness, as in some sort protective of higher things. It describes, with much grace and precision, a state of society by no means pre-eminently virtuous, or enthusiastically heroic; in which many people do extremely wrong, and none sublimely right. But as there are heights of which the achievement is unattempted, there are abysses to which fall is barred; neither accident nor temptation will make any of the principal personages swerve from an ...

— The Crown of Wild Olive • John Ruskin

... she asked, with sudden seriousness, "what will always remain to me the noblest, most heroic ...

— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour

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