mythic
/ˈmɪθɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very rare.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Bellerophon attempts to become a mythic hero by perfectly imitating the actuarial program for mythic heroes."
- "The Wyoming territories become a mythic space where character is tested and revealed and Good battles Evil."
- "The ways in which Eastern Europe has become a mythic part of the Jewish past and not an imagined mythic home in the future is central to understanding how American Jews see themselves at home in America."
- "By the mid-nineteenth century tartan had become a mythic material encompassing ideas of nationhood, clanship, and political allegiance seen through increasingly fashionable and spectacular forms."
- "Had Pesky nailed Enos Slaughter in the 1946 Series, his throw home would have become a mythic moment."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more mythic (comparative)
most mythic (superlative)