— Orphically , adv.
/awr"fik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to Orpheus.
2. resembling the music attributed to Orpheus; entrancing.
3. pertaining to a religious or philosophical school maintaining a form of the cult of Dionysus, or Bacchus, ascribed to Orpheus as founder: Orphic mysteries.
4. ( often l.c. ) mystic; oracular.
[ 1670-80; Orphikós (c. L Orphicus ), equiv. to Orph ( eús ) ORPHEUS + -ikos -IC ]