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mystic¹
- /ˈmɪstɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪstɪk
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more mystic · most mystic · mystick · mystical
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Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
a mystic dance
Similar: mystical, sorcerous, sortilegious, magical, mystic, numinous, thaumaturgic, witching
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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?
Similar: cryptic, ill-defined, mysterial, arcane, enigmatic, inenubilable, mysterioso, mysterious, mystic, runish, sibylline, systerious
noun mystics · mystick · mystical
- Someone who practices mysticism.
Mystic²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
- A village and census-designated place in the towns of Stonington and Groton, 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.
- A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mystical, esoteric, secret, occult, mysterious, religious mystic, occultist, religious, mystique, mystery, swami, mustique, warriors, spiritual, transcendental, otherworldly
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adj of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
| Español | místico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 神秘 shénmì |
| Português | místico |
| Français | mystique |
| Deutsch | mystisch |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικός mystikós |
| Română | mistic |
| Русский | мисти́ческий mistíčeskij |
adj mysterious and strange
| Español | místico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 神秘 shénmì |
| Português | místico |
| Deutsch | mystisch |
| Ελληνικά | μυστήριος mystírios, μυστηριώδης mystiriódis |
| Русский | мисти́ческий mistíčeskij |
noun someone who practices mysticism
| Español | místico, mística |
|---|---|
| Português | místico, mística |
| Français | mystique |
| Deutsch | Mystiker, Mystikerin |
| Italiano | mistico, mistica |
| Ελληνικά | μυστικιστής mystikistís, μυστικίστρια mystikístria |
| Русский | ми́стик místik, мисти́чка mistíčka |
| עברית | מיסטיקן |
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