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Heroic(medicine)
heroic(dictionary)
heroic(dictionary)
heroic couplet(dictionary)
mock-up(dictionary)
mock-(dictionary)
mock(dictionary)
mock-up(dictionary)
mock(2)(dictionary)

adobe (iou) and mock-heroic (iou)


adobe (iou)



adobe noun. M18.
[Spanish, from adobar to plaster, from Arab. a-ub, from al the + ub bricks.]
An unburnt brick dried in the sun. M18.
attrib.: I. Shaw A Mexican peasant woman..sitting in front of an adobe wall.
b. A house built of such bricks. US. E19.
Clay or earth prepared for making into such bricks or suitable for this purpose. L18.

mock-heroic (iou)



mock-heroic noun & adjective. M17.
[from MOCK adjective + HEROIC.]
A. noun. An imitation in a burlesque manner of the heroic character or literary style; burlesquing heroic action. Usu. in pl. M17.
b. adjective. Imitating in this way. M17.