mystic

English

Alternative forms

• mystick (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪstɪk/

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Etymology

From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”).

Adjective

mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)

1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

   a mystic dance

2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
   • Emerson

     Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man.

Translations

of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries

• Catalan: místic (ca)
• Dutch: mystiek (nl)
• Finnish: mystinen
• French: mystique (fr) m, f
• German: mystisch (de)
• Greek: μυστικός (el) m (mystikós)

• Latin: mysticus
• Lithuanian: mistinis m, mistinė f
• Polish: mistyczny
• Russian: мистический (ru) (mistíčeskij)
• Turkish: mistik (tr)

mysterious and strange

• Catalan: místic (ca)
• Dutch: mysterieus (nl), enigmatisch, raadselachtig (nl), geheimzinnig (nl), duister (nl)
• Finnish: mystinen
• German: mystisch (de)

• Greek: μυστήριος (el) m (mystírios), μυστηριώδης (el) (mystiriódis), αινιγματικός (el) (ainigmatikós)
• Latin: mysticus, obscurus (la)
• Russian: мистический (ru) (mistíčeskij)
• Turkish: mistik (tr), gizemli (tr), esrarengiz (tr)

Noun

mystic (plural mystics)

1. Someone who practices mysticism.

Translations

someone who practices mysticism

• Czech: mystik m
• Finnish: mystikko (fi)
• French: mystique (fr) m, f
• German: Mystiker (de) m, Mystikerin (de) f
• Greek: μύστης (el) m (mýstis), μυστικιστής (el) m (mystikistís), αποκρυφιστής (el) m (apokryfistís)

• Lithuanian: mistikas m, mistikė f
• Polish: mistyk m, mistyczka f
• Russian: мистик (ru) m (místik)
• Spanish: místico m, mística f
• Turkish: mistik (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) müsteriman (vo), (♂) himüsteriman, (♀) jimüsteriman

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystify
• mystique

References

• mystic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “mystic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• mystic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• mystic at OneLook Dictionary Search