mythlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθlᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: myth n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < myth n. + -less suffix.

Without a myth or myths (esp. as conferring a sense of connection with the past or with one's ancestors); not embodied in myth.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > without myth

mythless1893

1893 Scribner's Mag. May 477/2 Prominent and clear figures in the earliest history of our land, definite and mythless as Hoboken, they suddenly dropped into popular oblivion.

1905 W. G. Aston Shinto vii. 127 To the lower class of Japanese.., O tentō sama..is the actual sun—sexless, mythless, and unencumbered by any formal cult.

1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 218/2 In Conrad he finds another writer with an heroic conception of life, but one that is austere, mythless, without veneration for the deep forces of Nature.

1965 B. Kaufman Solitudes crowded with Loneliness 48 On newborn China's plain mythless sons of Han acquired peaked gods with teak faces.

1991 Tikkun (Nexis) 13 Mar. 64 The myth that sustained us throughout our Diaspora was that of the return. Now that we have returned and have a sovereign country, we have little to propel us into the future. We are scared—mythless.

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

单词	mythless
释义	mythlessadj. Brit. /ˈmɪθlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɪθlᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: myth n., -less suffix. Etymology: < myth n. + -less suffix. Without a myth or myths (esp. as conferring a sense of connection with the past or with one's ancestors); not embodied in myth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > without myth mythless1893 1893 Scribner's Mag. May 477/2 Prominent and clear figures in the earliest history of our land, definite and mythless as Hoboken, they suddenly dropped into popular oblivion. 1905 W. G. Aston Shinto vii. 127 To the lower class of Japanese.., O tentō sama..is the actual sun—sexless, mythless, and unencumbered by any formal cult. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 218/2 In Conrad he finds another writer with an heroic conception of life, but one that is austere, mythless, without veneration for the deep forces of Nature. 1965 B. Kaufman Solitudes crowded with Loneliness 48 On newborn China's plain mythless sons of Han acquired peaked gods with teak faces. 1991 Tikkun (Nexis) 13 Mar. 64 The myth that sustained us throughout our Diaspora was that of the return. Now that we have returned and have a sovereign country, we have little to propel us into the future. We are scared—mythless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1893
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