† Orpheistn.
Obsolete.
= Orphean n.
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1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 374 The reason of this difference betwixt the Orpheists and Plato..proceeded only from an Equivocation in the word Love.
1848 Ladies' Repository Feb. 58/1 Not only the Orpheists, but the Greeks, of every tribe, paid their regards to Bacchus by every degree of drunkenness and revel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.1678- trailhound
- trailhunting
- trailiness
- trailing
- trailing arbutus
- trailing axle
- trailing edge
- trailing horns
- trailing myrtle
- trailing points
- trailing spring
- trailing vortex
- trailing wheel
- trailing-weight
- trailingly
- trailings
- trailingweight
- trailless
- trailmaker
- trailman
- trailmen
- trailnet
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