单词 | mystic |
释义 | mystic —mysticity /mi stis"i tee/, n. —mysticly, adv. /mis"tik/, adj. 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. 3. of occult character, power, or significance: a mystic formula. 4. of obscure or mysterious character or significance. 5. of or pertaining to mystics or mysticism. n. 6. 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. 7. a person initiated into religious mysteries. [1275-1325; ME mystik < L mysticus < Gk mystikós, equiv. to mýst(es) an initiate into the mysteries + -ikos -IC; akin to myeîn to initiate, teach] |
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