orphic

Other forms of orphic

comparative

orphicer·

superlative

orphicest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orphic

What does orphic mean?

orphic means "ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orphic?

orphic has 2 syllables: or-phic. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹfɪk/.

What is another word for orphic?

Close synonyms include mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orphic a common word?

orphic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.