orphic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Orphic \Or"phic\, prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
   Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
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