Defn: Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. T. Arnold.
EPIC
Ep"ic, n.
Defn: An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
EPICAL
Ep"ic*al (, a.
Defn: Epic.
— Ep"ic*al*ly, adv.
Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C.
His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.
EPICARDIAC
Ep`i*car"di*ac, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or relating to the epicardium.
EPICARDIUM
Ep`i*car"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
EPICARICAN
Ep`i*car"i*can, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Zoöl.)