[roo-nik] 
| 1. | consisting of or set down in runes: runic inscriptions. |
| 2. | having some secret or mysterious meaning: runic rhyme. |
| 3. | (of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples. |
| 4. | of the ancient Scandinavian class or type, as literature or poetry. |
| run·ic (rōōn'ĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or written in runes. n. Runic The Germanic language of the oldest runic inscriptions from northern Europe, dating to between the third and sixth centuries A.D., and considered by some to be close to or identical with the putative common ancestor of the North and West Germanic languages. |
runic jargon
Obscure, consisting of runes.
VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as "RUnix". Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to "Very Messy Syntax" or "Vachement Mauvais Systeme" (French; literally "Cowlike Bad System", idiomatically "Bitchy Bad System").
(1996-09-17)
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