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mock-heroic

mock-heroic adjective: pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

Adjective

mock-heroic (comparative more mock-heroic, superlative most mock-heroic)

  1. Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

Noun

mock-heroic (plural mock-heroics)

  1. A work in the mock-heroic style.

Forms of mock-heroic

Adjective
comparativemore mock-heroic
superlativemost mock-heroic
Noun
pluralmock-heroics

Origin of mock-heroic

From mock + heroic.

Questions about mock-heroic

What does mock-heroic mean?
Mock-heroic means pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.
What part of speech is mock-heroic?
Mock-heroic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near mock-heroic in the dictionary

  1. mock turtles
  2. mock up
  3. mock'st
  4. mock-cypress
  5. mock-epic
  6. mock-heroic
  7. mock-heroics
  8. mock-orange
  9. mock-Tudor
  10. mock-turtle
  11. mock-up

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