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epimyth

/ˈɛpɪmɪθ/

epimyth noun: the moral of a story.

Noun

epimyth (plural epimyths)

  1. The moral of a story.
    • The epimyth, coming after the fable, the moral.1881, William Fleming, Henry Calderwood, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences, page 664
    • [I]t is the Odyssean episode with a Christian epimyth.1934, Daniele Vare, The Quarterly Review, page 448

Forms of epimyth

pluralepimyths

Origin of epimyth

From Greek ἐπιμύθιον, neutral of ἐπιμύθιος, from ἐπί ‘upon’ + μῦθος ‘story, fable’.

Questions about epimyth

What does epimyth mean?
Epimyth means the moral of a story.
What part of speech is epimyth?
Epimyth is a noun.
How do you pronounce epimyth?
Epimyth is pronounced /ˈɛpɪmɪθ/.
What is the plural of epimyth?
The plural of epimyth is epimyths.

Words near epimyth in the dictionary

  1. epimysia
  2. epimysial
  3. epimysiotomies
  4. epimysiotomy
  5. epimysium
  6. epimyth
  7. epimythia
  8. epimythium
  9. epimythiums
  10. epimyths
  11. epinaoi

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