English Explanatory Dictionary

mystic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
  2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
noun
  1. Someone who practices mysticism.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
  3. A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
  4. A village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut.
  5. A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
  7. An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪstɪk/ en-us-mystic.ogg

Word forms

mystic more mystic most mystic mystick mystical mystics

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

mystical sorcerous sortilegious magical mystic numinous thaumaturgic witching cryptic ill-defined mysterial arcane enigmatic inenubilable mysterioso mysterious runish sibylline systerious uncertain undefined undetermined

Related words

mysterious mystery mystical mysticism mystify mystique

Derived words

metamystic mysticall mysticise mysticist mysticity mysticize mysticly mysticness Mystic Park nonmystic religiomystic semimystic unmystic rainforest mystic
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