:Usage: "As if fearing that too lyrical an approach to such an orphic figure would result in incoherence, Gooch describes this poet's life in a decidedly unpoetic way." -The Washington Post, The Denver Post, "The mysterious life of America's most popular poet, a 13th-century Persian," 20 Jan. 2017
:Origin: 1670s, from Greek orphikos "pertaining to Orpheus," master musician of Thrace, son of Eagrus and Calliope, husband of Eurydice, whose name (of unknown origin) was associated with mystic doctrines. Related: Orphism.
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