Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
epen |
noun |
See Epencephalon. |
epha |
noun |
A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer. |
epi- |
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A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral. |
epic |
adjective |
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style., An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. |
epos |
noun |
An epic. |