the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Heroic.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as heroic.
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adj. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
Word Usage
"The last object that ties man and man, is comeliness of person, and beauty alone, as men love women with a wanton eye: which κατ 'ἐξοχὴν is termed heroical, or love-melancholy."