Names donât have nationalities, people do. I can give you the origin. Houck Name Meaning and History 1. nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck âbuckâ. 2. variant of Hoek. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 http://www.ancestry.com/facts/houck-fami... Hoek Name Meaning and History
Definitions for Homeric simile. Homeric simile. Homeric simile, also called an epic simile is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word Homeric is based on the Greek author, Homer, who composed the two famous Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings.
Simile. A simile is a statement where you say one object is similar to another object. Similes use the words âlikeâ or âas.â. Example: âHe was curious as a caterpillarâ or âHe was curious, like a caterpillarâ. This phrase takes one quality of a caterpillar and projects it onto a person.