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A.Word.A.Day--homeric Homeric (hoe-MER-ik) adjective 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homer, his works, or the legends and age of which he wrote. 2. Heroic in proportion, degree, or character; epic. [After Homer fl. 850 B.C. Greek epic poet to whom the epics Iliad and Odyssey are attributed.] "We'll know whether the voyages of the starship Enterprise meet the Homeric test of time in about 3,000 years." James P. Pinkerton, `Star Trek': Enduring Echo of the New Frontier, Newsday, 1 Dec 1994. This week's theme: eponyms. X-Bonus There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. -Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

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