Mythical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mythic \Myth"ic\, Mythical \Myth"ic*al\, a. [L. mythicus, Gr. ?.
     See {Myth}.]
     Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature
     of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful; mythological. --
     {Myth"ic*al*ly}, adv.
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           The mythic turf where danced the nymphs. --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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           Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and
           Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may
           be questioned.                           --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mythical
       adj : based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual
             basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the
             fabulous unicorn" [syn: {fabulous}, {mythic}, {mythologic},
              {mythological}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "mythical":
     acclaimed, allegoric, allegorical, celebrated, chimerical,
     concocted, cooked-up, created, distinguished, exceptional,
     extraordinary, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, famed, famous,
     fancied, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard,
     fictional, fictitious, fictive, figmental, forged, hatched,
     honored, imaginary, indescribable, ineffable, invented, legendary,
     made-up, make-believe, manufactured, marked, marvelous,
     much acclaimed, mythic, mythicized, mythified, mythological,
     mythopoeic, mythopoetic, nonactual, nonfactual, nonrealistic,
     notable, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of mark, of note, parabolic,
     phenomenal, popular, portentous, prodigious, put-up, remarkable,
     renowned, romantic, romanticized, storied, stupefying, stupendous,
     supposititious, symbolic, talked-about, talked-of, traditional,
     trumped-up, unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unreal,
     unspeakable, untrue, visionary, well-known, wonderful