myth-hauntedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθˌhɔːntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθˌ(h)ɔn(t)əd/,

/ˈmɪθˌ(h)ɑn(t)əd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myth n., haunted adj.

Etymology: < myth n. + haunted adj. Compare later myth-haunt v.

Haunted by myths; steeped in myth.

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1859 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 6/2 What a poor, narrow little world was that myth-haunted one of the Grecian poet and sculptor.

1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 101/1 In the twelfth century the learned world was informed of certain birds in Ireland—a myth-haunted land—which were called barnacles, and grew on trees.

1893 M. J. Cawein Red Leaves & Roses 15 A wood-nymph breathing in a forest flute Among gray beeches of myth-haunted ways.

1992 Wilson Q. Spring 105/2 With every writer I mention I could evoke for myself a particular density and richness of world: Russell Bank's rough and flinty New Hampshire towns, Louise Erdrich's myth-haunted upper Midwest..and so on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myth-haunted
释义	myth-hauntedadj. Brit. /ˈmɪθˌhɔːntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmɪθˌ(h)ɔn(t)əd/, /ˈmɪθˌ(h)ɑn(t)əd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myth n., haunted adj. Etymology: < myth n. + haunted adj. Compare later myth-haunt v. Haunted by myths; steeped in myth. ΚΠ 1859 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 6/2 What a poor, narrow little world was that myth-haunted one of the Grecian poet and sculptor. 1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 101/1 In the twelfth century the learned world was informed of certain birds in Ireland—a myth-haunted land—which were called barnacles, and grew on trees. 1893 M. J. Cawein Red Leaves & Roses 15 A wood-nymph breathing in a forest flute Among gray beeches of myth-haunted ways. 1992 Wilson Q. Spring 105/2 With every writer I mention I could evoke for myself a particular density and richness of world: Russell Bank's rough and flinty New Hampshire towns, Louise Erdrich's myth-haunted upper Midwest..and so on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1859
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