mystic

See also: Mystic

English

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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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)

  1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
    a mystic dance
  2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
    • 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, OCLC 625986, page 245:
      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?

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Noun

mystic (plural mystics)

  1. Someone who practices mysticism.

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References
  • mystic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mystic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • mystic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • mystic at OneLook Dictionary Search
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