mythico-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. mythico-magical Brit.

/ˌmɪθᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmadʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌmɪθəkoʊˈmædʒək(ə)l/.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mythic adj., -o- connective.

Etymology: < mythic adj. + -o- connective. Compare mytho- comb. form.Formations are found from the early 19th cent.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘mythical and ——’ or ‘based on myth and ——’, as mythico-historical, mythico-magical, mythico-religious, etc.

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1829 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 19 We do not mean that the mythic and mythico-historical books of those remote times are always to be relied on.

1841 W. H. Mill Hist. Char. St Luke's 1st. Chapter iii. 30 Our champion of mythico-philosophical interpretation.

1895 A. Nutt Happy Otherworld vi, in K. Meyer tr. Voy. Bran I. 196 A mythico-topographical survey of Ireland.

1917 Philos. Rev. 26 354 The first, which finds its classical representative in Plato.., may be called the mythico-religious school.

1946 Jrnl. Philos. 43 583 Mythico-linguistic ideation concentrates and intensifies experience.

1957 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 17 377 The mythico-magical conceptions which were involved in, and to some extent certainly influenced the rise of early geometry.

1978 S. Corrin tr. M. Eliade Forge & Crucible (ed. 2) v. 63 The theme of sacrifice..at the time of smelting..is a mythico-ritual motif.

1991 T. Dant Knowl., Ideol. & Discourse (BNC) 93 It [sc. capitalism] is based not on the mythico-religious system resistant to challenge but on the exchange relations of the commodity market.

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

单词	mythico-
释义	mythico-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the first syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. mythico-magical Brit. /ˌmɪθᵻkə(ʊ)ˈmadʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɪθəkoʊˈmædʒək(ə)l/. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mythic adj., -o- connective. Etymology: < mythic adj. + -o- connective. Compare mytho- comb. form.Formations are found from the early 19th cent. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘mythical and ——’ or ‘based on myth and ——’, as mythico-historical, mythico-magical, mythico-religious, etc. ΚΠ 1829 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 19 We do not mean that the mythic and mythico-historical books of those remote times are always to be relied on. 1841 W. H. Mill Hist. Char. St Luke's 1st. Chapter iii. 30 Our champion of mythico-philosophical interpretation. 1895 A. Nutt Happy Otherworld vi, in K. Meyer tr. Voy. Bran I. 196 A mythico-topographical survey of Ireland. 1917 Philos. Rev. 26 354 The first, which finds its classical representative in Plato.., may be called the mythico-religious school. 1946 Jrnl. Philos. 43 583 Mythico-linguistic ideation concentrates and intensifies experience. 1957 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 17 377 The mythico-magical conceptions which were involved in, and to some extent certainly influenced the rise of early geometry. 1978 S. Corrin tr. M. Eliade Forge & Crucible (ed. 2) v. 63 The theme of sacrifice..at the time of smelting..is a mythico-ritual motif. 1991 T. Dant Knowl., Ideol. & Discourse (BNC) 93 It [sc. capitalism] is based not on the mythico-religious system resistant to challenge but on the exchange relations of the commodity market. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1829
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