mock-heroic

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English

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Etymology

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From mock +‎ heroic.

Adjective

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mock-heroic (comparative more mock-heroic, superlative most mock-heroic)

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

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Noun

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mock-heroic (plural mock-heroics)

  1. (literature) A work in the mockheroic style.