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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

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;
- Example: "mysterious symbols"
- Example: "the mystical style of Blake"
- Example: "occult lore"
- Example: "the secret learning of the ancients"
[syn: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orphic \Or"phic\, prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
   Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, orphic]