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Speech parts

1. orphic - Noun

2. orphic - Adjective

3. orphic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mystic secret mysterious mystical occult hermetic private difficult heavy weird deep learned distant hidden profound

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Antonyms

known public simple exoteric obvious well-known

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Examples

The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. Van Wyck Brooks

mysterious symbols Source: Internet

the mystical style of Blake Source: Internet

occult lore Source: Internet

the secret learning of the ancients Source: Internet

Although only scraps of the Orphic narratives survive, they show interesting differences with the Hesiodic tradition. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

orpheoreon orpherion orpheus Orphic egg Orphical Orphically