mock-heroic

English

Etymology

From mock +‎ heroic.

Adjective

mock-heroic (comparative more mock-heroic, superlative most mock-heroic)

1. (literature) Pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style.

Translations

pertaining to a literary mode in which trivial subjects or characters are treated using the elaborate language devices of the heroic style

• Irish: scig-ghaisciúil

Noun

mock-heroic (plural mock-heroics)

1. (literature) A work in the mockheroic style.