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mythic | legend |

As an adjective mythic

is larger-than-life.

As a noun legend is

a story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

As a verb legend is

(archaic|transitive) to tell or narrate; to recount.

mythic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Larger-than-life.
  • * 1998 , Chloé Diepenbrock, Gynecology and textuality: popular representations , page 88:
  • Whitehead-Gould has become a mythic presence in the case history fairy-tale: the personification of the selfish woman who went back on her promise to deliver up her child to an unfulfilled aspiring mother.
  • * 2007 , James Daniel Hardy, Baseball and the mythic moment: how we remember the national game , page 63:
  • Had Pesky nailed Enos Slaughter in the 1946 Series, his throw home would have become a mythic moment.
  • * 2008 , Peter Schmidt, Sitting in darkness: New South fiction, education, and the rise of Jim Crow , page 156:
  • The Wyoming territories become a mythic space where character is tested and revealed and Good battles Evil.
  • * 2010 , Networks of Design: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual International Conference of the Design History Society , page 161:
  • By the mid-nineteenth century tartan had become a mythic material encompassing ideas of nationhood, clanship, and political allegiance seen through increasingly fashionable and spectacular forms.
  • Mythical; existing in myth.
  • * 2005 , Gerhard Hoffmann, From modernism to postmodernism: concepts and strategies , page 294:
  • Bellerophon attempts to become a mythic' hero by perfectly imitating the actuarial program for ' mythic heroes.
  • * 2008 , Laurence Jay Silberstein, Postzionism: a reader , page 351:
  • The ways in which Eastern Europe has become a mythic part of the Jewish past and not an imagined mythic home in the future is central to understanding how American Jews see themselves at home in America.

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    legend

    English

    (wikipedia legend)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
  • The legend of Troy was discovered to have historical basis.
  • A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
  • The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends . Here's the real story.
  • A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
  • Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.
  • A person of extraordinary accomplishment.
  • Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.
  • A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
  • According to the legend on the map, that building is a school.
  • An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
  • A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records; a cover story.
  • According to his legend , he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.
  • * 1992 , edition, ISBN 067173458X, page 115:
  • If the documents are needed to establish "a light legend ," meaning a superficial cover story, no steps are taken to make sure that if someone calls the college or motor vehicle department, the name on the document will be registered.
  • * 2003 , Rodney Carlisle, , ISBN 0028644182, page 105:
  • Sorge solidified his own position by returning to Germany and developing a new legend . He joined the Nazi Party.
  • * 2005 , , ISBN 1591146607, page 25:
  • Both the agent's legend and documents were intended to stand up against casual questions from Soviet citizens, such as during a job interview, or a routine police document check, such as were made at railway stations.
  • (UK, Irish, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
  • I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend .

    Synonyms

    * (story of unknown origin) myth * (story embellished to become implausible) myth, tall tale * (leading protagonist) hero * (person of extraordinary accomplishment) hero * (key to symbols on a map or chart) guide, key * (text on a coin) inscription * (fabricated backstory for a spy) cover, cover story * (worthy friend) brick

    Derived terms

    * campus legend * legend in one's own lunchtime * legend in one's own mind * legend in one's own time * living legend * urban legend

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To tell or narrate; to recount.
  • (Bishop Hall)