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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:

Adjectives

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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