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Etymology[edit]
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
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mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)
- Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
- a mystic dance
- Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
- 1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, OCLC 625986, page 245:
- Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?
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Translations[edit]
of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries
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mysterious and strange
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Noun[edit]
mystic (plural mystics)
- Someone who practices mysticism.
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Translations[edit]
someone who practices mysticism
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References[edit]
- mystic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mystic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- mystic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- mystic at OneLook Dictionary Search
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