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"word": "art epic"
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"word": "heroic epic"
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"word": "national epic"
}
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).",
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{
"form": "epics",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"text": "The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero."
],
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"narrative",
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"poem",
"poem"
],
[
"celebrating",
"celebrating"
],
[
"feat",
"feat"
],
[
"legend",
"legend"
],
[
"hero",
"hero"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "epopee"
},
{
"word": "epos"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "malḥama",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَلْحَمَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēpos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "էպոս"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "dastan"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "épas",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "э́пас"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mohakabbo",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "মহাকাব্য"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "epopéja",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "епопе́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "е́пос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pyui.",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ပျို့"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopeia"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史詩"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si² si¹",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史诗"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "šɨsɨ",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "шысы"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "史詩"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "sú-si",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "史诗"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史詩"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐshī",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史诗"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史詩"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "wuu",
"lang": "Wu Chinese",
"roman": "⁵sy-sy",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "史诗"
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{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heldendicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epopeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "eepos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "eepos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "épopée"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopea"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "eṗosi",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ეპოსი"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "έπος"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἔπος"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אֶפּוֹס"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mahākāvya",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "महाकाव्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "eposz"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "söguljóð"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hetjuljóð"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epik"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "wiracarita"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"alt": "じょじし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jojishi",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "叙事詩"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "epikku",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "エピック"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "dastan",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "дастан"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼetehaah",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ឥតិហាស"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"alt": "敍事詩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seosasi",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "서사시"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "epik",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "에픽"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "dastan",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "дастан"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "epos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "эпос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ma hā kāp",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ມະຫາກາບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eposs"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epas"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ep",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "еп"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epik"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ard-skeeal"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "waiata rāwekeweke"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuulʹ",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "тууль"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hamâse",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "حَماسِه"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopeja"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poemat epicki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopeia"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopee"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "э́пос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mahākāvya",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "महाकाव्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "itihāsa",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "इतिहास"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "е̑п"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȇp"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ep"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "epopeya"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "darangan"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epika"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "epos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "эпос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hamosa",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ҳамоса"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "dastan",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "дастан"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "epos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "эпос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "má-hǎa-gàap",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "มหากาพย์"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "destan"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "épos",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "е́пос"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "doston"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 2 21",
"alt": "史詩",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "sử thi"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The book was an epic in four volumes.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A series of events considered appropriate to an epic."
],
"id": "en-epic-en-noun-hbhWgyut",
"links": [
[
"series",
"series"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"appropriate",
"appropriate"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "epapjéja",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эпапе́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "epopéja",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "епопе́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "episch gebeuren/verhaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "heldendaden"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"word": "eepos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Epos"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Epopöe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epico"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "däuırnama",
"sense": "events appropriate to an epic",
"word": "дәуірнама"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"code": "mk",
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"code": "id",
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"roman": "dastan",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "дастан"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "ʼetehaah",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ឥតិហាស"
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"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "ມະຫາກາບ"
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"sense": "extended narrative poem",
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "extended narrative poem",
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"word": "epas"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "extended narrative poem",
"word": "waiata rāwekeweke"
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{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tuulʹ",
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"word": "тууль"
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"sense": "extended narrative poem",
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "حَماسِه"
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "مَلْحَمِيّ"
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"word": "епичен"
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
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"word": "epický"
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"code": "cs",
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},
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"code": "da",
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"word": "episk"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "epopea"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "épique"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "épico"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "episch"
},
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "ഐതിഹാസിക"
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "episk"
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "epic"
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "of, or relating to, an epic",
"word": "episk"
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"word": "епі́чний"
},
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