runic

5 definitions found

runic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Runic \Ru"nic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,
     runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog.
  
     Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought
        to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe
        in magical ceremonies.
        [1913 Webster]

runic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  runic
      adj 1: relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"

runic - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  runic
  
     <jargon> Obscure, consisting of runes.
  
     VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as "RUnix".  Unix fans
     return the compliment by expanding VMS to "Very Messy Syntax"
     or "Vachement Mauvais Systeme" (French; literally "Cowlike Bad
     System", idiomatically "Bitchy Bad System").
  
     (1996-09-17)
  

runic - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  runic
   adj.
  
     Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as `Runix'; Unix
  fans
     return the compliment by expanding VMS to `Very Messy Syntax' or
     `Vachement Mauvais Systeme' (French idiom, "Hugely Bad System").
  

runic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "runic":
     Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian,
     Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dithyrambic,
     dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, heroic, idyllic, mock-heroic,
     narrative, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical,
     poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, rhapsodic,
     sapphic, skaldic