Definition of Heroicomic

1. a. Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.

Definition of Heroicomic

1. Adjective. (alternative form of heroicomical) ¹

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Definition of Heroicomic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroicomic

heroic poem
heroic poetry
heroic stanza
heroic tale
heroic verse
heroical
heroically
heroicize
heroicized
heroicizes
heroicizing
heroick
heroickly
heroicly
heroicness
heroicomic (current term)
heroicomical
heroics
heroin
heroin addict
heroin addiction
heroin chic
heroin dependence
heroin esterase
heroine
heroines
heroinism
heroinisms
heroinlike
heroins

Literary usage of Heroicomic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. German Literature: Translated from the German of Wolfgang Menzel by Wolfgang Menzel (1840)
"Thummel also drew his culture from England. In his first heroicomic poem ... he imitated Pope's style of heroicomic poetry ; but he became a master of this ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... then made his acquaintance, and it was to amuse this king, they say, that Krasicki wrote his " Monachomachia". In 1775 there appeared a heroicomic poem, ..."

3. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Earlier (1812) the heroicomic Anster Fair of William Tennant (1784-1848) received very high and deserved no low praise; while William Thorn, a weaver like ..."

4. Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain During the Eighteenth Century by Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt (1916)
"The first work of Holberg in which his views find clear expression is the heroicomic poem of Peder Poors (1719). In this admirable piece of fooling he ..."

5. Our Sentimental Garden by Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle (1914)
"One was of those puzzling lines, in Boileau's heroicomic poem Le Lutrin, anent the barber who . . . d'une main legere Tient vn verre de vin qui rit dans la ..."

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