1. (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

See also: Orphic

Type of: mythical being

Encyclopedia: Orpheus

• second sight
• second stomach
• second string
• second thought
• second to none
• second trimester
• Second Vatican Council
• second wind
• Second World War
• second-degree burn
• second-guess
• second-hand speech
• second-hand store
• second-in-command
• second-place finish
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• secondary amenorrhea
• secondary cell
• secondary censorship