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epic simile

  epic simile

noun

An extended simile elaborated in great detail. Also called Homeric simile .
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  • Homeric simile
  • epical
  • bent-as-a-nine-bob-note
  • clean-as-a-whistle
  • sing-like-a-bird
  • epicness
  • miniepic
  • antiepic
  • right-as-rain
  • bright-as-a-button

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  • epicainide
  • epical
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