mystic

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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 W Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, 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?
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, Canto XXXVI, page 56:
      Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join,
      ⁠Deep-seated in our mystic frame,
      ⁠We yield all blessing to the name
      Of Him that made them current coin; […]

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Noun

mystic (plural mystics)

  1. Someone who practices mysticism.

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