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orphic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective orphic has 2 senses
- orphic(a = adj.pert) Array - ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus; Array Derived form noun orpheus1
- orphic(s = adj.all) mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret - having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
CIDE DICTIONARY
orphic, prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. .].
Pertaining to Orpheus ; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orphic, adj.
1 of or concerning Orpheus or the mysteries, doctrines, etc. associated with him; oracular; mysterious.
2 = ORPHEAN.
1 of or concerning Orpheus or the mysteries, doctrines, etc. associated with him; oracular; mysterious.
2 = ORPHEAN.
Derivative
Orphism n.
Etymology
L Orphicus f. Gk Orphikos f. Orpheus
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