mythopoeticize
mythopoeticize verb: to make mythopoetic; to express in mythic poetry.
Verb
mythopoeticize (third-person singular simple present mythopoeticizes, present participle mythopoeticizing, simple past and past participle mythopoeticized)
- To make mythopoetic; to express in mythic poetry.
- I lay around my Barnard dorm room listening to Nina Simone records and reading his first novel, “Forgetting Elena,” which takes place in a highly mythopoeticized version of Fire Island and nominally concerns a man with amnesia.2009 October 4, Stacey D’Erasmo, “Glory Days”, in New York Times
Forms of mythopoeticize
| third-person singular present | mythopoeticizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | mythopoeticizing |
| past participle | mythopoeticized |
| past | mythopoeticized |
Origin of mythopoeticize
From mythopoetic + -ize.
Questions about mythopoeticize
- What does mythopoeticize mean?
- Mythopoeticize means to make mythopoetic; to express in mythic poetry.
- What part of speech is mythopoeticize?
- Mythopoeticize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mythopoeticize?
- The past tense of mythopoeticize is mythopoeticized.
Words near mythopoeticize in the dictionary
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