Orpheanadj.n.

Brit.

/ɔːˈfiːən/,

/ˈɔːfɪən/, U.S.

/ˈɔrfiən/

Forms: 1500s– Orphean, 1600s Orphaean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Orphēus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Orphēus of or belonging to Orpheus ( < ancient Greek Ὀρϕεῖος or belonging to Orpheus; < Ὀρϕεύς (classical Latin Orpheus ), the name of the famous mythical musician and singer of Thrace + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare later Orphic adj. With use as noun compare earlier Orpheist n.Orpheus was a poet who could entrance wild beasts with the beauty of his singing and lyre playing. He went to the underworld after the death of his wife Eurydice and secured her release from the dead, but lost her because he failed to obey the condition that he must not look back at her until they reached the world of the living. Orpheus was in later times accounted a philosopher and adept in secret knowledge, whence the Orphic mysteries and Orphic doctrines.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to Orpheus; resembling Orpheus in musical skill or style; melodious, entrancing. Also: resembling or reminiscent of Orpheus's journey into the underworld.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

sweetc900

merryOE

softc1230

accordanta1325

well-soundingc1350

cordant1382

sootc1385

songfula1400

melodiousa1425

sugaredc1430

well-toneda1500

tunable1504

dulcea1513

equivalenta1513

consonant?1521

harmonicala1527

harmoniousc1550

consorteda1586

Orphean1593

concentful1595

melodical1596

sweet-recording1598

tuneful1598

sirenical1599

high-tuned1603

nightingale-like1611

soundful?1615

according1626

modulaminous1637

undiscording1645

canorous1646

symphonious1652

concinnous1654

consonous1654

harmonic1667

sirenica1704

symphonial1773

concentual1782

chantant1785

Memnonian1800

melodized1807

Orphic1817

undiscordant1819

concentuous1850

fluting1852

melodic1871

well-orchestrated1872

jarless1876

tuny1885

tunesome1890

1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 45 Charme more then the Orphean musicke.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 99 His soul engross'd th' Monopoly of Arts, And thy Orphæan skill could ravish Hearts.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 17 With other notes then to th' Orphean Lyre I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 157 Refractory feet, that will dance to Orphean measures.

1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 476 We seem to catch, along with the Orphean symbols, something like a subterranean passage.., like Homer seen by Dante through Virgil.

2001 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 June Zule's dangerous trek into the heartland..,an Orphean journey undertaken to retrieve a wife lured away from her grieving husband.

†2. = Orphic adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > of or following Orphism

Orphical1618

Orphic1656

Orpheana1706

Orphizing1884

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. vi. 330 The most zealous abettors of the Orphean and Gentile philology, Porphyry, Hierocles, Celsus, and the rest.

†B. n.

An adherent of the Orphic philosophy (see Orphic adj. 1a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > Orphism > adherent of

Orpheotelesta1610

Orpheist1678

Orphean1818

Orphica1820

1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. (1876) 5 (note) The Orpheans endeavored to express divine things by Symbols.

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 33 Mr. Davies is of opinion that the Orpheans were Druids.

Compounds

Orphean warbler n. [after the former scientific Latin name Sylvia orphea (C. J. Temminck Man. d'ornithol. (1815) 107) or French bec-fin orphée (1815 or earlier)] a brownish-grey and white warbler, Sylvia hortensis (family Sylviidae), of southern Europe, south-western Asia, and northern Africa.

ΚΠ

1856 W. Yarrell Second Suppl. Hist. Brit. Birds 10 Curruca orphea. Orpheus Warbler.]

1890 Cent. Dict. Orphean,..in ornith., singing sweetly; melodious: specifically applied to a warbler, Sylvia orphea.

1933 Discovery July 224/1 There is the Orphean warbler, the most beautiful and wildest of that family.

1990 M. Tomkinson Ess. Tunisia 91/2 Orphean warblers, summer visitors to Tunisia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orphean
释义	Orpheanadj.n. Brit. /ɔːˈfiːən/, /ˈɔːfɪən/, U.S. /ˈɔrfiən/ Forms: 1500s– Orphean, 1600s Orphaean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Orphēus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Orphēus of or belonging to Orpheus ( < ancient Greek Ὀρϕεῖος or belonging to Orpheus; < Ὀρϕεύς (classical Latin Orpheus ), the name of the famous mythical musician and singer of Thrace + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix. Compare later Orphic adj. With use as noun compare earlier Orpheist n.Orpheus was a poet who could entrance wild beasts with the beauty of his singing and lyre playing. He went to the underworld after the death of his wife Eurydice and secured her release from the dead, but lost her because he failed to obey the condition that he must not look back at her until they reached the world of the living. Orpheus was in later times accounted a philosopher and adept in secret knowledge, whence the Orphic mysteries and Orphic doctrines. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to Orpheus; resembling Orpheus in musical skill or style; melodious, entrancing. Also: resembling or reminiscent of Orpheus's journey into the underworld. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 45 Charme more then the Orphean musicke. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 99 His soul engross'd th' Monopoly of Arts, And thy Orphæan skill could ravish Hearts. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 17 With other notes then to th' Orphean Lyre I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night. View more context for this quotation 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 157 Refractory feet, that will dance to Orphean measures. 1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 476 We seem to catch, along with the Orphean symbols, something like a subterranean passage.., like Homer seen by Dante through Virgil. 2001 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 June Zule's dangerous trek into the heartland..,an Orphean journey undertaken to retrieve a wife lured away from her grieving husband. †2. = Orphic adj. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > of or following Orphism Orphical1618 Orphic1656 Orpheana1706 Orphizing1884 a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. vi. 330 The most zealous abettors of the Orphean and Gentile philology, Porphyry, Hierocles, Celsus, and the rest. †B. n. An adherent of the Orphic philosophy (see Orphic adj. 1a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > Orphism > adherent of Orpheotelesta1610 Orpheist1678 Orphean1818 Orphica1820 1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. (1876) 5 (note) The Orpheans endeavored to express divine things by Symbols. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 33 Mr. Davies is of opinion that the Orpheans were Druids. Compounds Orphean warbler n. [after the former scientific Latin name Sylvia orphea (C. J. Temminck Man. d'ornithol. (1815) 107) or French bec-fin orphée (1815 or earlier)] a brownish-grey and white warbler, Sylvia hortensis (family Sylviidae), of southern Europe, south-western Asia, and northern Africa. ΚΠ 1856 W. Yarrell Second Suppl. Hist. Brit. Birds 10 Curruca orphea. Orpheus Warbler.] 1890 Cent. Dict. Orphean,..in ornith., singing sweetly; melodious: specifically applied to a warbler, Sylvia orphea. 1933 Discovery July 224/1 There is the Orphean warbler, the most beautiful and wildest of that family. 1990 M. Tomkinson Ess. Tunisia 91/2 Orphean warblers, summer visitors to Tunisia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1593
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