HEROICS

heroics

(noun) ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct; “heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

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

Anagrams

• coheirs, hircose, sheroic

Source: Wiktionary

HEROIC

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