Delphic adj 1: of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle" [syn: {Delphic}, {Delphian}] 2: obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message" [syn: {Delphic}, {oracular}]
Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr. Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.) 1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place. [1913 Webster] 2. Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic." --New York Times. Delphin