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mystic

1

[ mis-tik ]

adjective

  1. involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
  2. of the nature of or pertaining to mysteries known only to the initiated:

    mystic rites.

  3. of occult character, power, or significance:

    a mystic formula.

  4. of obscure or mysterious character or significance.
  5. of or relating to mystics or mysticism.


noun

  1. a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
  2. a person initiated into religious mysteries.

Mystic

2

[ mis-tik ]

noun

  1. a section of Groton, in SE Connecticut: maritime museum.

mystic

/ ˈmɪstɪk /

noun

  1. a person who achieves mystical experience or an apprehension of divine mysteries


adjective

  1. another word for mystical

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Other Words From

  • mys·tic·i·ty [mi-, stis, -i-tee], noun
  • mystic·ly adverb
  • anti·mystic adjective noun
  • non·mystic adjective noun
  • semi·mystic adjective
  • un·mystic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mystic1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English mystik, from Latin mysticus, from Greek mystikós, from mýst(ēs) “an initiate into the mysteries” (from myeîn “to initiate, teach,” akin to mýein “to shut”; myopia ( def ) ) + -ikos -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mystic1

C14: via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs mystery initiate; related to muein to initiate into sacred rites

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Example Sentences

According to Campbell, every hero encounters a wise mystic who helps him embrace his destiny.

At Temple, Coltrane no longer operated as a jazz artist improvising melodies, but more like a mystic on a vision quest.

The other night, quite by chance, I came across some lines in Rumi, the 13th-century poet—a Sufi mystic from Persia.

Then bed down in the seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut, with views of the wharf from your private room at the Steamboat Inn.

And finally, he went up a mountain with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru to the stars, and came down again a convinced mystic.

The remarkable thing was that all the hurrying people she met seemed also each of them to be on a secret and mystic errand.

The moon was coming up, and its mystic shimmer was casting a million lights across the distant, restless water.

But some one, perhaps it was Robert, thought of a bath at that mystic hour and under that mystic moon.

Realm of enchantment, break your mystic spell, Land of the lotus, smiling land farewell!

Her face wore an expression of mystic rapture like that characterizing the features of some Chinese Buddhas.

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