orphic

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orphic - 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]

orphic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]