Homeric
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
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of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing.
Homeric feats of exploration.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems
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imposing or heroic
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of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic
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Etymology
Origin of Homeric
First recorded in 1765–75; from Latin Homēricus, from Greek Homērikós; equivalent to Homer + -ic
Example Sentences
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"I had hoped that Nolan's affinity with these Homeric themes might push him to new creative heights, and enable him to conjure more believable characters," she wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Certainly from the Classical Period — that is, roughly the time of Pericles and Socrates — Greeks understood the Homeric poems as their founding myths.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Not poetic, perhaps, but Homeric in its tenacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But like the Homeric Greek hero it was named after, the lander has not had an easy journey with a neat happy ending.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
He was Hermes’ son; a noisy, merry god, the Homeric Hymn in his honor calls him; but he was part animal too, with a goat’s horns, and goat’s hoofs instead of feet.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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