"mythic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪθɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mythic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more mythic [comparative], most mythic [superlative]
enPR: mĭth'ĭk Rhymes: -ɪθɪk Etymology: 1660s; from Latin mȳthicos or Ancient Greek μυθικός (muthikós); equivalent to myth + -ic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mȳthicos}} Latin mȳthicos, {{bor|en|grc|μυθικός}} Ancient Greek μυθικός (muthikós), {{suf|en|myth|-ic}} myth + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} mythic (comparative more mythic, superlative most mythic)
  1. Mythical; existing in myth.
    Sense id: en-mythic-en-adj-7c-lDQr-
  2. (colloquial) Amazing, epic, legendary. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: awesome
    Sense id: en-mythic-en-adj-1NcMVuos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mythicism, mythicist

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