Definition of "heroick" []

• Obsolete form of heroic. (adjective)

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• "The questions, whether the action of the poem be strictly one, whether the poem can be properly termed heroick, and who is the hero, are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books than from reason."
• "Twenty heroick harangues of the most illustrious women from history, 1642, trans."
• "Ah Delvile! thought Cecilia, what powers of fascination are yours! should I be tempted to repine at what I have to bear, I will think of this heroick girl and blush!"