Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A poem in the epistolary form, expressive of heroic sentiments: from the Heroides or heroic epistles of Ovid.

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Examples

  • Etta has more soul and more talent in a heroid than Beyonce has in her entire body.

    Etta James vs. Beyonce. Ann Althouse 2009

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