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antiepic

antiepic noun: a literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.

Noun

antiepic (plural antiepics)

  1. A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.
    • John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic.2008, Tanya Caldwell, Virgil Made English, page 124

Adjective

antiepic (comparative more antiepic, superlative most antiepic)

  1. Challenging the conventions of the epic.

Forms of antiepic

Noun
pluralantiepics
Adjective
comparativemore antiepic
superlativemost antiepic

Origin of antiepic

From anti- + epic.

Questions about antiepic

What does antiepic mean?
Antiepic means a literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.
What part of speech is antiepic?
Antiepic can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of antiepic?
The plural of antiepic is antiepics.

Words near antiepic in the dictionary

  1. antienvironmentalists
  2. antienzymatic
  3. antienzyme
  4. antienzymes
  5. antienzymic
  6. antiepic
  7. antiepicenter
  8. antiepicenters
  9. antiepicentre
  10. antiepicentres
  11. antiepics

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