Delphic
['delfik]
Definition
(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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Definition
(a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
(a.) Ambiguous; mysterious.
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Examples
- O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Crispin, you are as ambiguous as a Delphic oracle. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He took up the cause of the Delphic amphictyony against those sacrilegious Phocians, and so appeared as the champion of Hellenic religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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