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mock-heroic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
mock--heroic
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

noun

A work in the mock-heroic style.

Etymology

From mock + heroic.

Inflected Forms

more mock-heroic (comparative) most mock-heroic (superlative) mock-heroics (plural)

Questions

What does mock-heroic mean?
Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.
Where does mock-heroic come from?
From mock + heroic.

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