Meaning of DELPHIC
| Pronunciation: | | 'delfik
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- [adj] obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"
- [adj] of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle"
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| | Synonyms: | | Delphian, oracular, prophetic, prophetical |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. Ambiguous; mysterious. ``If he is silent or delphic.''
--New York Times.
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