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English Dictionary: orphic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orphic \Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. [?].]
      Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
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