Definition of Heroicomical

1. Adjective. (literature) Blending heroic and comical elements. ¹

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Definition of Heroicomical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroicomical

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

Literary usage of Heroicomical

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

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"Pope followed his model in entitling his work 'An heroicomical poem,' the epithet employed by Boileau in the 1709 edition of his Lutrin. ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1890)
"La Secchia Rápita; an heroicomical Poem, translated with notée by Atkinson. 1828, crown bvo. 2 vols. 14s. ; reduced, 5s. See WALKER, Joseph Cooper. ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1827)
"... or the Rape of OH Bucket, i. an heroicomical Poem in twelve cantos. Translated from the lu of Alessandro ..."

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