A Topical Dictionary: Search for orphic

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English

Etymology

Comes from the name 'Orpheus'a character in Greek mythology. He was a great musician who went to Hades to get his wife Eurydice back after she died, but he failed.

Adjective

having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

eg. "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"

pl:orphic ru:orphic vi:orphic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Orphic \Or"phic\, prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet orphic
adj 1: ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works
ascribed to Orpheus
2: 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" [syn:
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret]