Meanings
nounpolymythy (uncountable)
- rareuncountableA combination of multiple plots in a single narrative.
POLY′MYTHY (S[ubstantive]) in Poetry, a fault in an epic poem, when inſtead of a ſingle mythos, or fable, there is a multiplicity of them.
[1760, [John Marchant], “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, →OCLC
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