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Orphean
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English
Etymology
From en Orpheus an.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythical poet and musician.
en 1928 w:Lewis Spence Mysteries of Britain v. 123 It is, indeed, part of the ritual of the candidate for adeptship into the British mysteries, resembling that for the neophyte into the Osirian, Cabiric or Orphean mysteries.
Derived terms
en Orphean warbler
Translations
German: de orpheisch
Latin: la Orphēus
Anagrams
en aehnopr orphane
en eponyms