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DELPHIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obscurely prophetic
Example:
an oracular message
Synonyms:
Delphic; oracular
Classified under:
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi
Example:
Delphic oracle
Synonyms:
Delphian; Delphic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Delphi (an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi)
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