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mythy

mythy adjective: of or pertaining to myth; mythical.

Adjective

mythy (comparative mythier, superlative mythiest)

  1. (informal) Of or pertaining to myth; mythical.
    • Behind all this was the mythy Paul Bunyan, that giant lumberjack from the North Woods who bestrode entire counties in a single step while accompanied by the equally gigantic Babe the Blue Ox.2009 May 31, Jerry Griswold, “A Family of Epic Proportions”, in New York Times

Forms of mythy

comparativemythier
superlativemythiest

Origin of mythy

From myth + -y.

Questions about mythy

What does mythy mean?
Mythy means of or pertaining to myth; mythical.
What part of speech is mythy?
Mythy is an adjective.

Words near mythy in the dictionary

  1. myths
  2. mythscape
  3. mythscapes
  4. mythus
  5. mythuses
  6. mythy
  7. Mytilene
  8. Mytilenean
  9. mytilicolid
  10. mytilicolids
  11. mytilid

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