Orphic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orphic \Or"phic\, prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
     Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]