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Cabalistic

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
  2. 2
    Inexplicitly popular and expressive.

    "In the coming months "OK" was described as cabalistic on many occasions. The term "cabalistic" was used in a virtual sense in that the expression seemed to have an inexplicably popular and inexplicably expressive dimension to it."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to Kabbalah.

    "Aaron is the author of "Bet Aharon" (Aaron's House; Brody, 1875), which contains his cabalistic and ethical expositions of the Pentateuch."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a secret or hidden meaning wordnet

Etymology

From cabalist + -ic or cabal + -istic.

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