Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Blending the heroic and the ludicrous; consisting of lofty burlesque: as, a heroicomic poem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque.
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- adjective Alternative form of
heroicomical .
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Examples
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In 1775, there appeared a heroicomic poem, "Myszeis" (The Mousiad), a purposely entangled allegory on the state of Poland.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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