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Partly from Middle French heroïque and partly from Latin hērōicus.[1] By surface analysis, hero +‎ -ic.

heroic (comparative more heroic, superlative most heroic)

  1. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
    heroic deeds
  2. Courageous; displaying heroism.

    • 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):

      Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because we're scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But, we go out there and we give it absolutely everything… that's heroic.

  3. (sculpture) Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.

of or relating to a hero or heroine

of or relating to heroism

heroic (plural heroics)

  1. A heroic verse.
  1. ^ “heroic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2014.

Borrowed from Latin hērōicus.

heroic (feminine heroica, masculine plural heroics, feminine plural heroiques)

  1. heroic