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Definition: HEROICOMICAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb heroicomically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Heroicomical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: HEROICOMICAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb heroicomically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HEROICOMICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)