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homeric
CEFRC2
/həʊˈmɛɹɪk/
adjective
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In plain English
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adjective
Like the style or great adventures described in Homer's poems.
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adjective
Extra detailFit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer; epic, heroic.
Examples
The author wrote an epic poem of homeric proportions.
Homeric verse is ancient Greek poetry.
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Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf or pertaining to Greece during the Bronze Age, as described in Homer's works.
Alternative letter-case form of Homeric.
More examples
In contextThe epic poem was homeric.
In the beginning of the Fourth Book the poet [John Milton] introduces an Homerick cluster of similes; which seems to mark an intention of bestowing more poetical decoration on the conclusion of the Poem, than on the preceding parts of it.
At home he [John Ruskin] looks young & rompish at the meeting, at Hunts meeting he looked old & ungainly, but his power & eloquence as a speaker were homeric.
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Origin
adjective
From Latin homēricus (“of or pertaining to Homer; Homeric”), from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρικός (Homērikós), from Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) (possibly from ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”), a nickname) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming relational adjectives)); analysable as Homer + -ic.