Orphic
/ˈɔɹfɪk/adjective, noun
Orphic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to Orphism and its doctrines and rituals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-R-P-H-I-C and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Orphic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Orphism and its doctrines and rituals.
- 2
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; mystic.
- 3
Hypnotic; entrancing.
noun
- 1
A follower of Orphism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Orphic?
- UK /ˈɔːfɪk/
- US /ˈɔɹfɪk/
Orphic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Orphic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Orphic
- more Orphic comparative
- most Orphic superlative
- Orphics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Orphic?
Orphic appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Orphic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Of or pertaining to Orphism and its doctrines and rituals:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Orphic come from?
From Orpheus + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).