myth
11myth|o|pe|ic — myth|o|poe|ic or myth|o|pe|ic «MIHTH uh PEE ihk», adjective. making myths; having to do with making myths …
12myth|o|po|et|ic — «MIHTH uh poh EHT ihk», adjective. = mythopoeic. (Cf. ↑mythopoeic) –myth´o|po|et´i|cal|ly, adverb …
13myth — I noun absurd story, concoction, doubtful narrative, fable, fabrication, fabula, false story, falsehood, fantasy, fiction, fictitious story, figment, folklore, folktale, invention, legend, legendary story, story, tale, tall story, tradition,… …
14myth — [n] fictitious story, often ancient allegory, apologue, creation, delusion, fable, fabrication, fairy story, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, folk ballad, folk tale, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, lore, mythos, parable, saga,… …
15myth — ► NOUN 1) a traditional story concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, typically involving the supernatural. 2) a widely held but false belief. 3) a fictitious person or thing. ORIGIN Greek muthos …
16myth — myth1 [mith] n. [LL mythos < Gr, a word, speech, story, legend] 1. a traditional story of unknown authorship, ostensibly with a historical basis, but serving usually to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man, or the customs,… …
17myth|ic — «MIHTH ihk», adjective. = mythical: (Cf. ↑mythical) »He sees his characters both as poor working people in Chicago and as mythic beings, descendants of the gods, larger than life (Harper s) …
18myth|o|ma|ni|ac — «MIHTH uh MAY nee ak», noun. a person subject to mythomania …
19myth|o|ma|ni|a — «MIHTH uh MAY nee uh», noun. an abnormal tendency to exaggerate and lie, especially in relating fantastic adventures as if they had really happened …
20myth|o|po|et|ry — «MIHTH uh POH uh tree», noun. mythological poetry: »The English language is made for mythopoetry and epic, while the greatest poet of the language lived at the one time when the old British myths were popular in London (Andrew Sinclair) …
