mythicadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθɪk/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθɪk/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mȳthicos; Greek μυθικός.

Etymology: < classical Latin mȳthicos (Varro, as recorded by Augustine) or its etymon ancient Greek μυθικός < μῦθος mythos n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French mythique (1570 in théologie mythique (compare quot. 1669 at sense 1), in a translation of Augustine; reborrowed in the 19th cent.). Compare slightly earlier mythical adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of myths; based in myth. Also in weakened sense: incredible, fantastical. Cf. mythical adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective]

mythical1610

mythological1614

mythologic1664

mythic1669

mythy1852

mytho-logic1979

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > existing only in myth

fabulous1577

mythical1610

mythologic1664

mythic1669

fableda1740

mythological1807

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > interpreting supernatural events as myths

mythic1840

mythical1871

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 295 This they terme mythicon or fabulous, because the account thereof..is fabulously or imperfectly delivered. ]

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. i. 2 Mythic, or Fabulous, Theologie, at first broached by the Poets.

1699 T. Baker Refl. Learning x. 110 The times before these were the Mythic Ages, and are all Fable.

1745 T. Cooke Immortality Reveal'd ii. 19 If by Tradition partly known, They have in mythic Dress but partly shown.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 99 The mythic heroes of Egypt.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 335 While yet poesy, in all its several species of verse, music, statuary, &c. continued mythic.

1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel Pref. 7 To show..the incredibility of his mythic theory as applied to the Gospels.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 344 Langebek..tries..to rationalize the mythic pedigree of Earl Siward Digre.

1881 Church Times No. 967. 513 To reject the Gospels themselves as mythic.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 168/1 [In Genesis 2] we read:—‘..Then Yahweh-Elohim formed the man of dust of the ground.’ Note. A widely spread mythic representation.

1952 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 2 Feb. 21/2 Inhabitants of foreign planets, ‘intelligent’ beings, humanoid or of various mythic makes.

1987 Washington Times 25 June 1 Your newspaper this morning is incomplete, due to a computer crash of mythic proportions.

2. Revered as a myth; = mythical adj. 4.

ΚΠ

1974 D. Dalton James Dean xiii. 286 When Rebel was released, only the mythic James Dean remained.

1994 Vibe Nov. 125/3 With the release of these two albums, the two men are attempting, along with their mythic label, Def Jam, to create a new level of East Coast realness.

2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 39/1 Caviar and a side of the house's mythic garlic fries.

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

单词	mythic
释义	mythicadj. Brit. /ˈmɪθɪk/, U.S. /ˈmɪθɪk/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin mȳthicos; Greek μυθικός. Etymology: < classical Latin mȳthicos (Varro, as recorded by Augustine) or its etymon ancient Greek μυθικός < μῦθος mythos n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French mythique (1570 in théologie mythique (compare quot. 1669 at sense 1), in a translation of Augustine; reborrowed in the 19th cent.). Compare slightly earlier mythical adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of myths; based in myth. Also in weakened sense: incredible, fantastical. Cf. mythical adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] mythical1610 mythological1614 mythologic1664 mythic1669 mythy1852 mytho-logic1979 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > existing only in myth fabulous1577 mythical1610 mythologic1664 mythic1669 fableda1740 mythological1807 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > interpreting supernatural events as myths mythic1840 mythical1871 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 295 This they terme mythicon or fabulous, because the account thereof..is fabulously or imperfectly delivered. View more context for this quotation] 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. i. 2 Mythic, or Fabulous, Theologie, at first broached by the Poets. 1699 T. Baker Refl. Learning x. 110 The times before these were the Mythic Ages, and are all Fable. 1745 T. Cooke Immortality Reveal'd ii. 19 If by Tradition partly known, They have in mythic Dress but partly shown. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 99 The mythic heroes of Egypt. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 335 While yet poesy, in all its several species of verse, music, statuary, &c. continued mythic. 1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel Pref. 7 To show..the incredibility of his mythic theory as applied to the Gospels. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 344 Langebek..tries..to rationalize the mythic pedigree of Earl Siward Digre. 1881 Church Times No. 967. 513 To reject the Gospels themselves as mythic. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 168/1 [In Genesis 2] we read:—‘..Then Yahweh-Elohim formed the man of dust of the ground.’ Note. A widely spread mythic representation. 1952 V. Nabokov in New Yorker 2 Feb. 21/2 Inhabitants of foreign planets, ‘intelligent’ beings, humanoid or of various mythic makes. 1987 Washington Times 25 June 1 Your newspaper this morning is incomplete, due to a computer crash of mythic proportions. 2. Revered as a myth; = mythical adj. 4. ΚΠ 1974 D. Dalton James Dean xiii. 286 When Rebel was released, only the mythic James Dean remained. 1994 Vibe Nov. 125/3 With the release of these two albums, the two men are attempting, along with their mythic label, Def Jam, to create a new level of East Coast realness. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 39/1 Caviar and a side of the house's mythic garlic fries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1669
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