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preheroic

preheroic adjective: before becoming a hero.

Adjective

preheroic (not comparable)

  1. Before becoming a hero.
    • This final trial which the hero must endure is motivated by the reappearance of the fraternal rivals who vexed the hero in his earlier, preheroic days.2014, Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm, page 99
  2. Before heroism appeared as a literary motif.
    Antonyms:
    postheroic

Antonyms of preheroic

Origin of preheroic

From pre- + heroic.

Words that rhyme with preheroic

Questions about preheroic

What does preheroic mean?
Preheroic means before becoming a hero.
What part of speech is preheroic?
Preheroic is an adjective.

Words near preheroic in the dictionary

  1. prehensory
  2. preheparinised
  3. preheparinized
  4. prehepatic
  5. preheritance
  6. preheroic
  7. preherpetic
  8. prehesternal
  9. preheterosexual
  10. prehiatus
  11. prehibernation

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