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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr Gr Delfiko`s, fr Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.) 1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place 2. Ambiguous; mysterious. ``If he is silent or delphic.'' --New York Times. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Delphic adj 1: of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle" [syn: {Delphic}, {Delphian}] 2: obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message" [syn: {Delphic}, {oracular}]
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