Heroicomical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heroicomic \He`ro*i*com"ic\, Heroicomical \He`ro*i*com"ic*al\,
     a. [Cf. F. h['e]ro["i]comigue. See {Heroic}, and {Comic}.]
     Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high
     burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
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