See Also: mythic(dictionary)
mythic(dictionary)
toil(1)(dictionary)
toil(2)(dictionary)
toil(3)(dictionary)
toil(4)(dictionary)
toil 1, verb(dictionary)
toil 2, noun(dictionary)

toil 2, noun (oh) and mythic (oh)


toil 2, noun (oh)



2 n [U] formal
[Sense: 1; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: toyl, from Old French toeil 'battle, confusion', from toeillier; TOIL1]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: toil 'net' (16-19 centuries), from French toile; TOILET]
hard unpleasant work done over a long period
::a life of toil
the toils of sth
literary if you are caught in the toils of an unpleasant feeling or situation, you are trapped by it

mythic (oh)



very great or famous
::He became a mythic figure in publishing.
mythic proportions
very great size or importance
::a feat of mythic proportions