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Mythic

//ˈmɪθɪk// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Mythical; existing in myth.

    "Whitehead-Gould has become a mythic presence in the case history fairy-tale: the personification of the selfish woman who went back on her promise to deliver up her child to an unfulfilled aspiring mother."

  2. 2
    Very rare.
  3. 3
    Amazing, epic, legendary. colloquial

    "Had Pesky nailed Enos Slaughter in the 1946 Series, his throw home would have become a mythic moment."

Adjective
  1. 1
    based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or having the nature of myth wordnet

Etymology

1660s; from Latin mȳthicos or Ancient Greek μυθικός (muthikós); equivalent to myth + -ic.

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