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mistic
Sounds like mystic · Rhymes with -ɪstɪk
Where it comes from
From Spanish místico. Compare Catalan místic, French mistique, Italian mistico, and Ottoman Turkish مستقو (mistiko). These all refer to sailing ships of the Mediterranean, but not necessarily to the same kind of ship. The number of masts is variously two or three and the sails are lateen or square. The New English Dictionary traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al. disagree.
noun mistics
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A kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.
Similar: mistico
Talk about this word "mistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mistic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mistic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mistic "mistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mistic.Cite this
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