HEROIC

I. adjective also ~al Date: 1549 of, relating to, resembling, or suggesting heroes especially of antiquity, 2. exhibiting or marked by courage and daring, supremely noble or self-sacrificing, 3. of impressive size, power, extent, or effect , b. of great intensity ; extreme , drastic , of a kind that is likely only to be undertaken to save a life , of, relating to, or constituting drama written during the Restoration in ~ couplets and concerned with a conflict between love and honor, ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1596 a ~ verse or poem, 2. plural flamboyantly ~ language or action, ~ action or behavior, determined effort especially in the face of difficulty