Orphic

Orphic

English

Etymology

Orpheus +‎ -ic

Adjective

Orphic (comparative more Orphic, superlative most Orphic)

1. Of or pertaining to Orphism, its doctrines and rituals.
2. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; mystic.
   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 115:

     […] he intended to be a divine artist, a man of visionary states and enchantments, Platonic possession. He got a Rationalistic, Naturalistic education at CCNY. This was not easily reconciled with the Orphic. But all his desires were contradictory.

3. Hypnotic; entrancing.

Translations

Of or pertaining to Orphism, its doctrines and rituals

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