preheroic en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + heroic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before becoming a hero.
This final trial which the hero must endure is motivated by the reappearance of the fraternal rivals who vexed the hero in his earlier, preheroic days.
2014, Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm, page 99:
- (not-comparable) Before heroism appeared as a literary motif.