mythologicn.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪθəˈlɒdʒɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɪθəˈlɑdʒɪk/

Forms: 1600s mithologike (in a derivative), 1600s mythologique, 1600s–1700s mythologick, 1600s– mythologic.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mythologique.

Etymology: < French mythologique, adjective (1480 in Middle French as mithologique ) and noun (1578 with reference to the work of Fulgentius: see note) < post-classical Latin mythologicus (see note) < ancient Greek μυθολογικός poetical, inventive (Plato) < μυθολογία mythology n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier mythological adj.Post-classical Latin mythologicus is recorded in Mythologicae , a variant of the title of the Mythologiae attributed to Fulgentius (see etymological note s.v. mythology n.).

Now chiefly North American.

†A. n.¹

A mythological character or narrative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human

mythologica1631

Nemedian1844

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth

fablea1400

mythologica1631

mythos1753

mythologue1792

mythus1825

myth1830

mythology1873

mythologem1884

a1631 J. Donne Iuuenilia (1633) sig. H2 So is she [sc. Venus] ioyned in commission with all Mythologicks, with Iuno [etc.].

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. iii. 31 Not only the stories of Moses, but of others also, lie hid in the Mythologics of Bacchus.

B. adj.

= mythological adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [adjective]

fabulous1555

legendary1570

poetic1610

mythological1614

romantic1654

mythologic1664

legendous1686

fabular1690

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

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 33 Though Love be all the worlds pretence, Mony's the Mythologique fence, The real substance of the shadow.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 8 Mythologick Traditions of the first chap: of Genesis.

1728 S. Shuckford Hist. World iv. 214 Such Schemes and Representations [sc. of the Deities] could not be made, until the Mythologic Times.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 197 Taught at schools much mythologic stuff, But sound religion sparingly enough.

1858 T. De Quincey Protestantism (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 163 The gay mythologic religion of Greece.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer vi. 77 A great mythologic drama.

1913 Mod. Lang. Notes 28 233/1 In the Ode to the Moon [by Thomas Hood]..the mythologic representation of the moon..is a recollection of [Keats's] Endymion.

1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 2 Mar. c2 Although Bax had a very different sound, many of his orchestral works are based on the same kind of mythologic subject.

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

单词	mythologic
释义	mythologicn.¹adj. Brit. /ˌmɪθəˈlɒdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪθəˈlɑdʒɪk/ Forms: 1600s mithologike (in a derivative), 1600s mythologique, 1600s–1700s mythologick, 1600s– mythologic. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mythologique. Etymology: < French mythologique, adjective (1480 in Middle French as mithologique ) and noun (1578 with reference to the work of Fulgentius: see note) < post-classical Latin mythologicus (see note) < ancient Greek μυθολογικός poetical, inventive (Plato) < μυθολογία mythology n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier mythological adj.Post-classical Latin mythologicus is recorded in Mythologicae , a variant of the title of the Mythologiae attributed to Fulgentius (see etymological note s.v. mythology n.). Now chiefly North American. †A. n.¹ A mythological character or narrative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human mythologica1631 Nemedian1844 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth fablea1400 mythologica1631 mythos1753 mythologue1792 mythus1825 myth1830 mythology1873 mythologem1884 a1631 J. Donne Iuuenilia (1633) sig. H2 So is she [sc. Venus] ioyned in commission with all Mythologicks, with Iuno [etc.]. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. iii. 31 Not only the stories of Moses, but of others also, lie hid in the Mythologics of Bacchus. B. adj. = mythological adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [adjective] fabulous1555 legendary1570 poetic1610 mythological1614 romantic1654 mythologic1664 legendous1686 fabular1690 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 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 33 Though Love be all the worlds pretence, Mony's the Mythologique fence, The real substance of the shadow. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 8 Mythologick Traditions of the first chap: of Genesis. 1728 S. Shuckford Hist. World iv. 214 Such Schemes and Representations [sc. of the Deities] could not be made, until the Mythologic Times. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 197 Taught at schools much mythologic stuff, But sound religion sparingly enough. View more context for this quotation 1858 T. De Quincey Protestantism (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VIII. 163 The gay mythologic religion of Greece. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer vi. 77 A great mythologic drama. 1913 Mod. Lang. Notes 28 233/1 In the Ode to the Moon [by Thomas Hood]..the mythologic representation of the moon..is a recollection of [Keats's] Endymion. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 2 Mar. c2 Although Bax had a very different sound, many of his orchestral works are based on the same kind of mythologic subject. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : mytho-logicn.² < n.¹adj.a1631 see also
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