heroic

• heroick

Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus.[1] By surface analysis, hero +‎ -ic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/

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• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧ic
• Rhymes: -əʊɪk

heroic (comparative more heroic, superlative most heroic)

1. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

   heroic deeds

2. Courageous; displaying heroism.
   • 1928, Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith‎, Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC, →OL, page 40:

     To stand upon the ramparts and die for our principles is heroic. To sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

3. (sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.

• herolike

• cowardly

• hero
• heroine
• heroism

heroic (plural heroics)

1. A heroic verse.

• heroics

• cheiro-, coheir

Borrowed from Latin hērōicus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾɔjk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eˈɾɔjk]

heroic (feminine heroica, masculine plural heroics, feminine plural heroiques)

1. heroic

• heroicament

• heroi
• heroïna
• heroisme

• “heroic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.