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HEROICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heroical mean?
• HEROICAL (adjective)
The adjective HEROICAL has 1 sense:
1. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
Familiarity information: HEROICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
Synonyms:
heroic; heroical
Context example:
heroic explorers
Similar:
bold (fearless and daring)
Derivation:
hero (someone who fights for a cause)
hero ((classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god)
hero (a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength)
Context examples
How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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