Licon
a combination between legend and icon.
noun
licon (plural licons)
1. a story of unknown image, picture, or other representational origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
2. a story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree often done on wooden panels.
3. a leading protagonist in a historical legendary person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
4. any person of extraordinary accomplishment which represents something.
5. a fabricated backstory of heroes and villians, complete with appropriate doc-ments and records, whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic persons are necessarily all licons.
related terms
liconic, liconical,
real-life superheroes will one day become true licons.
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