Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Delphic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr.
Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that
place.
2. Ambiguous; mysterious. ``If he is silent or delphic.''
--New York Times.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Delphic
adj 1: of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at
Delphi; "Delphic oracle" [syn: {Delphic}, {Delphian}]
2: obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular
message" [syn: {Delphic}, {oracular}]
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