6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epic \Ep"ic\, n.
An epic or heroic poem. See {Epic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Epic \Ep"ic\, a. [L. epicus, Gr. ?, from ? a word, speech, tale,
song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. ['e]pique. See {Voice}.]
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a
kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in
which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of
some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a
grand style and with fullness of detail. --T. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
epic
adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary
(especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of
heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [syn: {heroic},
{larger-than-life}]
2: constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a
literary epic; "epic tradition" [syn: {epical}]
n : a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: {epic
poem}, {heroic poem}, {epos}]
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
EPIC
Electronic Privacy Information Center (cryptography)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
EPIC
European Public sector Information systems Conference
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
EPIC
Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (Intel)