Associations to the word «Homeric»

Wiktionary

HOMERIC, adjective. Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer.
HOMERIC, adjective. Epic, heroic, fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer.
HOMERIC GREEK, proper noun. (linguistics) (classics) a dialect of Ancient Greek used by Homer in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns consisting primarily of the Ionian and Aeolic Greek dialects
HOMERIC LAUGHTER, noun. Boisterous laughter, prolonged belly laughing; long or uncontrollable laughing.

Dictionary definition

HOMERIC, adjective. Relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him; "Homeric Greek".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats