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epimyth|ˈɛpɪmɪθ| [ad. Gr. ἐπιµύθ-ιον the moral, neut. of ἐπιµύθιος, f. ἐπί upon + µῦθος fable.] The moral of a fable or story.
[1721–1800Bailey, Epimythium, the Moral of a Fable.] 1866Sat. Rev. 24 Mar. 364 They [certain fables] go upon almost ‘total abstinence’ principles as regards moral and epimyth. 1869Ibid. 13 Feb. 223 The way of putting it is so neat as to require no epimyth. |