Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orphic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orphic \Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Orphic
adj 1: ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works
ascribed to Orpheus [syn: {Orphic}]
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}]
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