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Antonyms for orphic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awr-fik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fɪk



Definition of orphic

Origin :
  • 1670s, from Greek orphikos "pertaining to Orpheus," master musician of Thrace, son of Eagrus and Calliope, husband of Eurydice, whose name (of unknown origin) was associated with mystic doctrines. Related: Orphism.
  • As in obscure : adj out-of-the-way, little-known
  • As in occult : adj mysterious, secret; supernatural
  • As in profound : adj intellectual, thoughtful
  • As in recondite : adj mysterious, obscure
  • As in entrancing : adj pleasing
  • As in mystical : adj occult
  • As in deep : adj abstract, complicated in meaning
  • As in esoteric : adj mysterious, obscure
Example sentences :
  • "Starving will kill as dead as hanging," was Lieders's orphic response to this.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • And Orphic purity was mainly, though not entirely, the result of moral discipline.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • We may also take it that he was familiar with all sorts of Orphic and Pythagorean sectaries.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • The Orphic priests of old Greece most nearly resembled the shamans of the savages.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • To them any version of the Orphic myth is tinglingly credible.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland
  • This he considered was The Excursion, an Orphic song indeed!
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • It ran in the direction of Orphic and Bacchic Thrace to the north.
  • Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • These were the Orphic hymns, which were sung by the Lycomed at Athens.
  • Extract from : « A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) » by Jacob Bryant
  • Of the Orphic doctrines we are able to give a somewhat better account.
  • Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke
  • The pantheism of the Orphic theology is constantly apparent.
  • Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

Synonyms for orphic

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