Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MYROPOLIST

MYROP'OLIST, noun [Gr. unguent, and to sell.]One that sells unguents. [Little used.]

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MYRRH

MYRRH, noun mer. [Latin myrrha.] A gum-resin that comes in the form of drops or globules of various colors and sizes, of a pretty strong but agreeable smell, and of a bitter tas...

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MYRRHINE

MYR'RHINE, adjective [Latin myrrhinus.] Made of the myrrhine stone. [See Murrine.]

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MYRTIFORM

MYR'TIFORM, adjective [Latin myrtus, myrtle, and form.]Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries.

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MYRTLE

MYR'TLE, noun [Latin myrtus.] A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. The common myrtle rises with a shrubby upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a c...

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MYRUS

MY'RUS, noun A species of sea-serpent, of the anguilliform kind.

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MYSELF

MYSELF', pronoun A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and another person; as, I myself will do ...

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MYSTAGOGUE

MYSTAGOGUE, noun mys'tagog. [Gr. one initiated in mysteries, and a leader.]1. One who interprets mysteries.2. One that keeps church relics and shows them to strangers.

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MYSTERIAL

MYSTE'RIAL, adjective Containing a mystery or enigma.

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MYSTERIARCH

MYSTE'RIARCH, noun [Gr. mystery, and chief.]One presiding over mysteries.

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MYSTERIOUS

MYSTE'RIOUS, adjective [See Mystery.] Obscure; hid from the understanding; not clearly understood. The birth and connections of the man with the iron mask in France are mysterio...

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MYSTERIOUSLY

MYSTE'RIOUSLY, adverb Obscurely; enigmatically.1. In a manner wonderfully obscure and unintelligible.

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MYSTERIOUSNESS

MYSTE'RIOUSNESS, noun Obscurity; the quality of being hid from the understanding, and calculated to excite curiosity or wonder.1. Artful perplexity.

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MYSTERY

MYS'TERY, noun [Latin mysterium; Gr. a secret. This word in Greek is rendered also murium latibulum; but probably both senses are from that of hiding or shutting; Gr. to shut, t...

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MYSTIC

MYS'TICMYS'TICAL, adjective [Latin mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret.1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension.God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatur...

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MYSTICAL

MYS'TICAL, a. [L.mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret.1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.2. Involving s...

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MYSTICALLY

MYS'TICALLY, adverb In a manner or by an act implying a secret meaning.

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MYSTICALNESS

MYS'TICALNESS, noun The quality of being mystical, or of involving some secret meaning.

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MYSTICISM

MYS'TICISM, noun Obscurity of doctrine.1. The doctrine of the Mystics, who profess a pure, sublime and perfect devotion, wholly disinterested, and maintain that they hold immedi...

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MYSTICS

MYS'TICS, noun A religious sect who profess to have direct intercourse with the Spirit of God.

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MYTHIC

MYTH'IC, adjective [from Gr. a fable.] Fabulous.

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MYTHOLOGICAL

MYTHOLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Mythology.]Relating to mythology; fabulous.

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MYTHOLOGICALLY

MYTHOLOG'ICALLY, adverb In a way suited to the system of fables.

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MYTHOLOGIST

MYTHOL'OGIST, noun One versed in mythology; one who writes on mythology, or explains the fables of the ancient pagans.

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MYTHOLOGIZE

MYTHOL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To relate or explain the fabulous history of the heathen.

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MYTHOLOGY

MYTHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a fable, and discourse.] A system of fables or fabulous opinions and doctrines respecting the deities which heathen nations have supposed to preside over t...

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MYTILITE

MYT'ILITE, noun [Gr. a kind of shell.]In geology, a petrified muscle or shell of the genus Mytilus.