epically.html - n.
Bot. the outermost layer of the pericarp. [EPI- + Gk karpos fruit]

epically.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 a long poem narrating the adventures or deeds of one or more heroic or legendary figures, e.g. the Iliad, Paradise Lost.
2 an imaginative work of any form, embodying a nation's conception of its past history.
3 a book or film based on an epic narrative or heroic in type or scale.
4 a subject fit for recital in an epic.

--adj.

1 of or like an epic.
2 grand, heroic.

epical adj. epically adv. [L epicus f. Gk epikos f. epos word, song]

epically.html - n.
Bot. the outermost layer of the pericarp. [EPI- + Gk karpos fruit]

epically.html - n.
(pl. epicedia) a funeral ode.

epicedian adj. [L f. Gk epikedeion (as EPI-, kedos care)]

epically.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 Gram. denoting either sex without change of gender.
2 of, for, or used by both sexes.
3 having characteristics of both sexes.
4 having no characteristics of either sex.
5 effete, effeminate.

--n.

an epicene person. [ME f. LL epicoenus f. Gk epikoinos (as EPI-, koinos common)]

epically.html - n.
(US epicenter)
1 Geol. the point at which an earthquake reaches the earth's surface.
2 the central point of a difficulty.

epicentral adj. [Gk epikentros (adj.) (as EPI-, CENTRE)]