单词 | mythologically |
释义 | mythologicallyadv. According to or as regards mythology; by means of myths. 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 > [adverb] fabulously1598 mythologicly1611 mythologically1659 romanticly1681 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adverb] mythologically1659 mythically1672 1659 B. Jones (title) Herm'ælogium: or an essay at the rationality of the art of speaking. As a supplement to Lillie's Grammar. Philosophically, mythologically, and emblematically offered by B.J. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 803 So that plain Writing was before Mythologick; and 'tis probable those that have it Mythologically, had it before pure. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 255 (note) Etymologies; which, like fungous excrescences, spring up from old Hebrew roots, mythologically cultivated. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 273/1 Serpens..astronomically distinguished from Ophiuchus, but not mythologically, being the serpent carried by the Serpent-bearer. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 193 In the Prometheus the fundamental moral law of Nemesis..is expressed mythologically, as abstract and ideal. 1920 Man 20 104 There are also several mythologically famed spots in these islands. 1968 Partisan Rev. 27 The principle of ‘death and rebirth’ is as valid psychohistorically as it is mythologically. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae xxii. 592 Mythologically, however, the girls of Tartarus are virgin kore figures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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