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From Orpheus + -ism; art sense coined by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912 as orphisme.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus. Full definition →
From Orpheus + -ism; art sense coined by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912 as orphisme.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.