orphic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus
  2. adjective satellite having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
    mystical; occult; mystic; secret; mysterious.
    • mysterious symbols
    • the mystical style of Blake
    • occult lore
    • the secret learning of the ancients

WordNet

Or"phic adjective
Etymology
L. Orphicus, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

Webster 1913