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by coldtea 3192 days ago
epic, adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.

  2. heroic or grand in scale or character.
  "his epic journey around the world"
  
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Citation needed.

Here's my source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epic

Mine was OS X dictionary IIRC, but here's dictionary.com:

adjective, Also, epical 1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer'sIliad is an epic poem. 2. resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country. 3. heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war. 4. of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions. 5. Slang. spectacular; very impressive; awesome: Their burgers and fries are epic!

So if (4) is what you mean, it's not exactly the first definition for the adjective either.