mistic

See also: místic

English

Mistic

Etymology

From Spanish místico. Compare Catalan místic, French mistique, Italian mistico, and Ottoman Turkish مستقو (mistiko). These all refer to sailing ships of the Mediterranean, but not necessarily to the same kind of ship. The number of masts is variously two or three and the sails are lateen or square. The New English Dictionary traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al. disagree.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Homophone: mystic

Noun

mistic (plural mistics)

1. A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.

Synonyms

• mistico

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mistic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Occitan

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Adjective

mistic m (feminine singular mistica, masculine plural mistics, feminine plural misticas)

1. mystical

Related terms

• misticisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mystique.

Adjective

mistic m or n (feminine singular mistică, masculine plural mistici, feminine and neuter plural mistice)

1. mystical

Declension

Declension of mistic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mistic		mistică	mistici	mistice
	definite	misticul		mistica	misticii	misticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mistic		mistice	mistici	mistice
	definite	misticului		misticei	misticilor	misticelor

Related terms

• misticism
• misticitate