heroics
(noun) ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct; “heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
heroics pl (plural only)
The actions of a hero.
(US, medicine) Emergency intervention to save a patient's life.
(dated) Extravagant phrases; bombast.
heroics
plural of heroic
• coheirs, hircose, sheroic
Source: Wiktionary
He*ro"ic, a. Etym: [F. héroïque, L. heroïcus, Gr.
1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
3. (Sculpture & Painting)
Definition: Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure. Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
– Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry.
– Heroic treatment or remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case.
– Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry the hexameter.
Syn.
– Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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