mythic

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mythic

  • /ˈmɪθɪk/

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Where it comes from

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

adjective more mythic · most mythic

  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. Very rare.
  3. colloquial Amazing, epic, legendary. Had Pesky nailed Enos Slaughter in the 1946 Series, his throw home would have become a mythic moment.

    Similar: amazing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, sensational, awesomesauce, based, beatific, bewildering, blissful, celestial

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Closest in meaning: mythologic, mythological, mythical, fabulous, unreal, myth, legendary, fabled, epic, allegorical, folkloric, storied, archetypal, symbolic, heroic, romanticized

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@misc{mythic_2026,
  title = {mythic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mythic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}