epopee

[ ep-uh-pee, ep-uh-pee ]

/ ˈɛp əˌpi, ˌɛp əˈpi /

noun

an epic.

epic poetry.

Nearby words

eponym, eponymous, eponymy, epoophorectomy, epoophoron, epopee, epos, epoxidation, epoxide, epoxidize, epoxy

Also ep·o·poe·ia

[ep-uh-pee-uh] /ˌɛp əˈpi ə/.

Origin of epopee

1690–1700; < French épopée < Greek epopoiía, equivalent to épo(s) epos + poi(eîn) to make + -ia -ia

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Examples from the Web for epopee

The rhythm of these spiritual transformations is the epopee of Jean Christophe.
Romain Rolland|Stefan Zweig
To the epopee succeeds the bourgeois drama, not to say the comedy.
Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1|William Walton
The poetry of enthusiasm, as the epopee and the ode, is that to which this style is best adapted.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
But Gogol's glory is not derived solely from his epopee of the Cossacks.
Russia: Its People and Its Literature|Emilia Pardo Bazán

British Dictionary definitions for epopee

epopee

epopoeia (ˌɛpəˈpiːə)

/ (ˈɛpəʊˌpiː, French epɔpe) /

noun

an epic poem

epic poetry in general

Word Origin for epopee

C17: from French épopée, from Greek epopoiia, from epos + poiein to make

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