mystic

[ mis-tik ]
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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.

  1. of occult character, power, or significance: a mystic formula.

  2. of obscure or mysterious character or significance.

  3. 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.

Origin of mystic

1
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”; cf. myopia ) + -ikos -ic

Other words from mystic

  • mys·tic·i·ty [mi-stis-i-tee], /mɪˈstɪs ɪ ti/, 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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Mystic
[ mis-tik ]

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

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British Dictionary definitions for mystic

mystic

/ (ˈmɪstɪk) /


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

adjective
  1. another word for mystical

Origin of mystic

1
C14: via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs mystery initiate; related to muein to initiate into sacred rites

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