mythical

or myth·ic

[ mith-i-kuh l or mith-ik ]

/ ˈmɪθ ɪ kəl or ˈmɪθ ɪk /

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adjective

pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.

dealt with in myth, as a prehistoric period.

dealing with myths, as writing.

existing only in myth, as a person.

without foundation in fact; imaginary; fictitious: The explanation was entirely mythical.

Origin of mythical

1670–80; < Late Latin mȳthicus < Greek mȳthikós of myths (see myth, -ic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mythical

myth·i·cal·ly, adverb myth·i·cal·ness, noun non·myth·i·cal, adjective non·myth·i·cal·ly, adverb

pre·myth·i·cal, adjective pseu·do·myth·i·cal, adjective pseu·do·myth·i·cal·ly, adverb qua·si-myth·i·cal, adjective qua·si-myth·i·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·myth·ic, adjective sem·i·myth·i·cal, adjective sem·i·myth·i·cal·ly, adverb un·myth·i·cal, adjective un·myth·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mythical

mythical mythological

Words nearby mythical

mystique, mysuru, mytacism, myth, myth., mythical, mythicize, mythify, mythmaker, mytho-, mythoclast

Example sentences from the Web for mythic

The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.

New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style |Candida Moss |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Imagining novels as biological specimens creates a crazed and mythic zoology of hybrids, beasts, mutants, and aberrations.

The Birth of the Novel |Nick Romeo |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Partly because Ben was as naturally and effortlessly impeccable as Astaire or Cary Grant, or any other mythic style-setter.

Ben Bradlee Was the Last of the Newspaper Giants |Tom Shales |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Even his alliterative name had mythic qualities: Ben Bradlee.

Ben Bradlee Was the Last of the Newspaper Giants |Tom Shales |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

A “Crime of the Century” that takes on mythic dimensions as an allegory of a city in decline.

The Myth of the Central Park Five |Edward Conlon |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was about it an undulating and aerial grace, such as one might dream of for some mythic and allegorical being.

Uncle Tom's Cabin |Harriet Beecher Stowe
You may interpret many a mythic tale by the facts which lie in your own blood.

The Short Works of George Meredith |George Meredith
In the mind of the savage the world is peopled by a host of mythic beings, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic.

Canyons of the Colorado |J. W. Powell
Buddhism not only supplies further evidence, it also furnishes a noteworthy instance of mythic transformation.

Moon Lore |Timothy Harley
But Mannus had to yield to another universal Teutonic mythic character, Odin, and for reasons which we shall now present.

Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 |Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.

British Dictionary definitions for mythic

mythical

mythic (ˈmɪθɪk)

/ (ˈmɪθɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to myth

imaginary or fictitious

Derived forms of mythical

mythically, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for mythic

mythic (ˈmɪθɪk)

adjective

Derived forms of mythical

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mythical

or myth·ic

adjective

Origin of mythical

OTHER WORDS FROM mythical

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mythical

Words nearby mythical

Words related to mythic

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mythic (ˈmɪθɪk)

adjective

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