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Mystic
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- 1 Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
"a mystic dance"
- 2 Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
"Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?"
- 1 having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding wordnet
- 2 relating to or characteristic of mysticism wordnet
- 3 relating to or resembling mysticism wordnet
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut.
"Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan."
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- 1 Someone who practices mysticism.
- 2 someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension wordnet
Etymology
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
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