different between ginormous vs epic

English

Etymology

Blend of gigantic +? enormous

Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?a??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

1. (informal) Very large.
   • 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie

     “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”

   • 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20

     Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• ginormously
• ginormousness

Translations

See also

• hunormous

English

Alternative forms

• epick (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??p.?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Etymology 1

From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Noun

epic (plural epics)

1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

2. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.

3. (computing) In software development, a large or extended user story.

Synonyms

• épopée
• epos

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

epic (comparative more epic, superlative most epic)

1. Of or relating to an epic.

   Synonym: epical

   • 1983, Jan Knappert, Epic Poetry in Swahili and other African Languages, p. 58:

     The main theme of epic poetry is, of course, the hero, his life, his greatness of character, his deeds and his death.

2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character

   • China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]

3. (colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

   Synonyms: extraordinary, momentous, remarkable

Derived terms

• epically
• epicness
• epic fail

Translations

Etymology 2

From epi-, from Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on top of”).

Adjective

epic (not comparable)

1. (category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

Anagrams

• ECPI, pice

Danish

Etymology

From English epic, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?k/

Adjective

epic (neuter epic, plural and definite singular attributive epic)

1. (slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary; extraordinary, momentous, great.

   Det var virkeligt epic.

Romanian

Etymology

From French épique, from Latin epicus.

Adjective

epic m or n (feminine singular epic?, masculine plural epici, feminine and neuter plural epice)

1. epic

Declension