mythicaladj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθək(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mȳthicos , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin mȳthicos (see mythic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare later mythic adj.

a. Of the nature of or based on a myth or myths; relating to or characteristic of myths.

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

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. v. 243 What meaneth his three-fold distinction of the doctrine concerning the gods, into mythicall, Physicall, & ciuill?

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 438 M. Terentius Varro..distinguished Three Kinds of Theology, the First Mythical or Fabulous, the Second Physical or Natural, and the Last Civil or Popular.

1830 H. Tufnell & G. C. Lewis in tr. C. O. Müller Hist. Doric Race Pref. p. iv The term mythus, and its derivative mythical [Ger. mythisch], which have been naturalized by the German writers.

1832 Philol. Museum 1 108 Mythical legends.

1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. v. 67 The biography of Zerduscht..is altogether confused and mythical.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 10 A tradition, perhaps true, perhaps mythical, grew up, of Homer's blindness.

1941 G. G. Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ii. 67 Some of the oldest mythical motifs are to be found..in an extremely interesting..text.

1988 A. Brookner Latecomers x. 144 A deliverance almost mythical in its sudden completeness, an apocalypse, or an epiphany.

1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Dec. 43/1 An epic of the adventures of the knights of Charlemagne with all its mythical elements, the sorcerers, magic rings, hippogriffs [etc.].

b. Known only or principally through myths rather than through verifiable historical facts; belonging to or existing only in myth; fantastical.

ΚΠ

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. i. xxii. 644 (margin) Antiquities are often mystical, or mythical & fabulous.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Cicero in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 712 This is an Old opinion derived down all along from the Heroick times (or the Mythical Age).

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. ix. 347 He seems to have been a rhetorical historian, who selected this half mythical subject.

1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo v. 43 Any theory which would represent them [sc. miracles] as due entirely to the imagination of his followers or of a later age..leaves Christ a personage as mythical as Hercules.

1900 J. G. Frazer Pausanias 45 Relics of a mythical or legendary past.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 258/2 Another genealogy makes him the son of Poseidon and Arne,..the mythical ancestor of the tribe of the Aeolians.

1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations ii. 18 One of those mythical animals imagined by the fur trade, like the foxaline, the pony-seal, and the rabbit-skunk.

1961 W. Brandon Indians 273/2 There are indications that the Tunit are not mythical but historical.

1994 Budo Dojo Autumn 4/2 Movies and magazines perpetuate mythical, comic book impressions of ninjitsu.

c. Having no foundation in fact; fictitious, imaginary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal

imaginary?1510

imaginative1517

rational1530

fantastical1531

fantasied1561

airy1565

fancied1568

legendary1570

dreamed1597

fabled1606

ideal1611

fictive1612

affectual1614

insubstantiala1616

imaginatorya1618

supposititious1620

fictitious1621

utopian1624

utopic1624

notional1629

affective1633

fictiousa1644

notionary1646

figmental1655

suppositious1655

fict1677

visionary1725

metaphysical1728

unrealized1767

fancy1801

nice-spun1801

subjective1815

aerial1829

transcendental1835

cardboardy1863

mythical1870

cardboard1879

fictionary1882

figmentary1887

alternative1939

alternate1944

fantasized1964

ideate1966

fanciful-

fantastic-

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

feignedc1374

wronga1375

forged14..

falsesome1533

compound1574

flim-flam1577

coined1582

minted1598

fabled1606

commentitial1611

inventive1612

commentitious1615

fictiousa1644

fictitious1660

manufactured1705

commentative1716

made-up1806

inventeda1831

concocted1840

accrete1846

fictive1855

mythical1870

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxxii. 169 Her influence is mythical.

1889 Academy 15 June 411 The account of pheasants being captured by poachers lighting sulphur under their roosting-trees appears very mythical.

1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xi. 77 The young Doctor looked up from the year-old ‘Bradshaw’ with which he was wont to enliven moments of depression by arranging mythical week-ends at friends' houses in various parts of England.

1969 Listener 10 July 41/1 The military government clearly thinks it is established for good. The alleged plots against it are either mythical or, when genuine, pathetic.

1989 D. Arkell Ententes Cordiales 33 In his efforts to win her he did not hesitate to hold out the temptation of a mythical title.

2. Of writers, artists, etc., or their works: concerned with myths, borrowing from the elements or style of myths. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

mythologicala1656

mythical1818

1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend III. i. ix. 232 With these secret schools of physiological theology the mythical poets were doubtless in connection.

1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 90 All his painting in the Republic must be esteemed mythical, with intent to bring out..his thought.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. §3. 20 If the narrative were free from all suspicion of mythical handling.

1888 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 211/2 The grave Thucydides, least mythical of historians.

3. Chiefly Theology. Designating or relating to a theory which interprets accounts of miracles, supernatural events, etc., as myths rather than as historically true. Cf. mythicism n. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

mythic1840

mythical1871

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 75 Sufficient..to crumble the mythical theory of miracles into the dust.

1874 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible i. 36 The theory which attempts to account for their belief [in miracles] on mythical principles.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 592/1 The mythical theory that the Christ of the Gospels..was the unintentional creation of the early Christian Messianic expectation.

1916 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 26 428 In his section on ‘The Origins of Christianity,’ Mr. Whittaker..says that the argument of the mythical theory is inductive and cumulative.

4. That has acquired an idealized or exaggerated reputation on the basis of popular rumour. Cf. mythic adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1927 Ring Oct. 4/1 One of Uncle Sam's valiant warsmen astounded fistic fandom a few hours before he shuffled into the rain-soaked Sesqui ring..to wrest the mythical heavyweight crown off Jack Dempsey's brow.

1972 J. Mosedale Football iii. 33 The 1918 Great Lakes Naval Training Station team..won the mythical national championship.

1991 O. Clark Webster's Wine Guide 1992 165/1 The almost mythical Picolit sweet wine is beautifully made by Al Rusignul.

Derivatives

ˈmythicalism n. rare belief in myths.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > delusive habit or state

phantasma1250

mazec1300

fantasy1340

fancy1597

illusiveness1727

illusion1774

mythicalism1896

1896 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 633 All superstition, mythicalism, other-worldism, and all that savours of obscurantism.

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

单词	mythical
释义	mythicaladj. Brit. /ˈmɪθᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈmɪθək(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mȳthicos , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin mȳthicos (see mythic adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare later mythic adj. 1. a. Of the nature of or based on a myth or myths; relating to or characteristic of myths. 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 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vi. v. 243 What meaneth his three-fold distinction of the doctrine concerning the gods, into mythicall, Physicall, & ciuill? 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 438 M. Terentius Varro..distinguished Three Kinds of Theology, the First Mythical or Fabulous, the Second Physical or Natural, and the Last Civil or Popular. 1830 H. Tufnell & G. C. Lewis in tr. C. O. Müller Hist. Doric Race Pref. p. iv The term mythus, and its derivative mythical [Ger. mythisch], which have been naturalized by the German writers. 1832 Philol. Museum 1 108 Mythical legends. 1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. v. 67 The biography of Zerduscht..is altogether confused and mythical. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 10 A tradition, perhaps true, perhaps mythical, grew up, of Homer's blindness. 1941 G. G. Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ii. 67 Some of the oldest mythical motifs are to be found..in an extremely interesting..text. 1988 A. Brookner Latecomers x. 144 A deliverance almost mythical in its sudden completeness, an apocalypse, or an epiphany. 1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Dec. 43/1 An epic of the adventures of the knights of Charlemagne with all its mythical elements, the sorcerers, magic rings, hippogriffs [etc.]. b. Known only or principally through myths rather than through verifiable historical facts; belonging to or existing only in myth; fantastical. ΚΠ 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. i. xxii. 644 (margin) Antiquities are often mystical, or mythical & fabulous. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Cicero in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 712 This is an Old opinion derived down all along from the Heroick times (or the Mythical Age). 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. ix. 347 He seems to have been a rhetorical historian, who selected this half mythical subject. 1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo v. 43 Any theory which would represent them [sc. miracles] as due entirely to the imagination of his followers or of a later age..leaves Christ a personage as mythical as Hercules. 1900 J. G. Frazer Pausanias 45 Relics of a mythical or legendary past. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 258/2 Another genealogy makes him the son of Poseidon and Arne,..the mythical ancestor of the tribe of the Aeolians. 1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations ii. 18 One of those mythical animals imagined by the fur trade, like the foxaline, the pony-seal, and the rabbit-skunk. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 273/2 There are indications that the Tunit are not mythical but historical. 1994 Budo Dojo Autumn 4/2 Movies and magazines perpetuate mythical, comic book impressions of ninjitsu. c. Having no foundation in fact; fictitious, imaginary. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal imaginary?1510 imaginative1517 rational1530 fantastical1531 fantasied1561 airy1565 fancied1568 legendary1570 dreamed1597 fabled1606 ideal1611 fictive1612 affectual1614 insubstantiala1616 imaginatorya1618 supposititious1620 fictitious1621 utopian1624 utopic1624 notional1629 affective1633 fictiousa1644 notionary1646 figmental1655 suppositious1655 fict1677 visionary1725 metaphysical1728 unrealized1767 fancy1801 nice-spun1801 subjective1815 aerial1829 transcendental1835 cardboardy1863 mythical1870 cardboard1879 fictionary1882 figmentary1887 alternative1939 alternate1944 fantasized1964 ideate1966 fanciful- fantastic- the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [adjective] feignedc1374 wronga1375 forged14.. falsesome1533 compound1574 flim-flam1577 coined1582 minted1598 fabled1606 commentitial1611 inventive1612 commentitious1615 fictiousa1644 fictitious1660 manufactured1705 commentative1716 made-up1806 inventeda1831 concocted1840 accrete1846 fictive1855 mythical1870 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxxii. 169 Her influence is mythical. 1889 Academy 15 June 411 The account of pheasants being captured by poachers lighting sulphur under their roosting-trees appears very mythical. 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xi. 77 The young Doctor looked up from the year-old ‘Bradshaw’ with which he was wont to enliven moments of depression by arranging mythical week-ends at friends' houses in various parts of England. 1969 Listener 10 July 41/1 The military government clearly thinks it is established for good. The alleged plots against it are either mythical or, when genuine, pathetic. 1989 D. Arkell Ententes Cordiales 33 In his efforts to win her he did not hesitate to hold out the temptation of a mythical title. 2. Of writers, artists, etc., or their works: concerned with myths, borrowing from the elements or style of myths. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > dealing with myths mythologicala1656 mythical1818 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend III. i. ix. 232 With these secret schools of physiological theology the mythical poets were doubtless in connection. 1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 90 All his painting in the Republic must be esteemed mythical, with intent to bring out..his thought. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. §3. 20 If the narrative were free from all suspicion of mythical handling. 1888 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 211/2 The grave Thucydides, least mythical of historians. 3. Chiefly Theology. Designating or relating to a theory which interprets accounts of miracles, supernatural events, etc., as myths rather than as historically true. Cf. mythicism n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > interpreting supernatural events as myths mythic1840 mythical1871 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 75 Sufficient..to crumble the mythical theory of miracles into the dust. 1874 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible i. 36 The theory which attempts to account for their belief [in miracles] on mythical principles. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 592/1 The mythical theory that the Christ of the Gospels..was the unintentional creation of the early Christian Messianic expectation. 1916 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 26 428 In his section on ‘The Origins of Christianity,’ Mr. Whittaker..says that the argument of the mythical theory is inductive and cumulative. 4. That has acquired an idealized or exaggerated reputation on the basis of popular rumour. Cf. mythic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1927 Ring Oct. 4/1 One of Uncle Sam's valiant warsmen astounded fistic fandom a few hours before he shuffled into the rain-soaked Sesqui ring..to wrest the mythical heavyweight crown off Jack Dempsey's brow. 1972 J. Mosedale Football iii. 33 The 1918 Great Lakes Naval Training Station team..won the mythical national championship. 1991 O. Clark Webster's Wine Guide 1992 165/1 The almost mythical Picolit sweet wine is beautifully made by Al Rusignul. Derivatives ˈmythicalism n. rare belief in myths. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > delusive habit or state phantasma1250 mazec1300 fantasy1340 fancy1597 illusiveness1727 illusion1774 mythicalism1896 1896 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 633 All superstition, mythicalism, other-worldism, and all that savours of obscurantism. 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