heroic

• heroick

hero +‎ -ic

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧ic

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪk

heroic (comparative more heroic, superlative most heroic)

1. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble

   heroic deeds

2. Courageous; displaying heroism.
   • 1928, Roosevelt, Franklin D., The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎, Houghton Mifflin, OCLC 769015, OL 6719278M, page 40:

     To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

3. (sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.

• herolike

• cowardly

• heroics
• heroically

• hero
• heroine
• heroism

heroic (plural heroics)

1. A heroic verse.

• heroics

• cheiro-, coheir

From Latin hērōicus.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈɾɔjk/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔjk/

heroic (feminine heroica, masculine plural heroics, feminine plural heroiques)

1. heroic

• heroicament

• heroi
• heroïna
• heroisme

• “heroic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.