单词 | polymythy |
释义 | polymythyn. rare. A combination of a number of different stories in one narrative or dramatic work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narration or story-telling > blending of stories polymythia1695 polymythy1728 contamination1877 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Polymythy,..a Multiplicity of Fables, in an Epic or Dramatic Poem. 1743 tr. Trav. & Adventures Mademoiselle de Richelieu II. 72 Polymythy, therefore, i.e. a Multiplicity of Fables, Actions, or Histories, must be avoided. 1879 Trans. New Shakspere Soc. 1877–9 App. 46* (heading) Polymythy..in Shakespeare's Dramatic Poems. 1938 Jrnl. Philos. 35 187 In the polymythy of the empirical disciplines as in the philosophical systems Descartes found only [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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