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English
Etymology
From poly- + myth + -y.
Noun
polymythy (uncountable)
- (rare) A combination of multiple plots in a single narrative.
, “
POLY′MYTHY”, in
A New Complete English Dictionary, Peculiarly Adapted to the Instruction and Improvement of Those who have not had the Benefit of a Learned or Liberal Education, , London: Printed for
J. Fuller,
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POLY′MYTHY (S) in Poetry, a fault in an epic poem, when inſtead of a ſingle mythos, or fable, there is a multiplicity of them.]