SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY
ILIAD
PRONUNCIATION:
(IL-ee-uhd)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A long narrative, especially an epic poem describing martial exploits.
2. A long series of miseries or disasters.
1. A long narrative, especially an epic poem describing martial exploits.
2. A long series of miseries or disasters.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Iliad, a Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Homer. From
Ilion, ancient Greek name of the city of Troy, an area now in modern Turkey.
Earliest documented use: 1579.
USAGE:
"She knew ... stories which form part of an Iliad of obscure hatreds,
quarrels, adulteries, marriages."
Storm Jameson; Journey from the North, Volume 2; Collins; 1970. wordsmith.org
Storm Jameson; Journey from the North, Volume 2; Collins; 1970. wordsmith.org
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