Meanings
adjectivedelphinic (comparative more delphinic, superlative most delphinic)
comparative more delphinic · superlative most delphinic
- Relating to dolphins; delphine.
Lisa, whose sense of things delphinic I trust implicitly, thought they seemed fine with it, too.
1995, Carol J. Howard, Dolphin chronicles
Origin
- Ancient Greekδελφίς“dolphin”
- Latindelphīnus“dolphin”
- Englishdelphinic
From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”) + -ic.
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Rhymes with delphinic
cliniccynicnicotinicrabbinicmuscarinicactinicMinnickvitaminicmonoclinicbaroclinicsuccinicpolyclinichomoclinicaminolevulinicacetylneuraminicantihistaminicolefinicheteroclinictriclinicapurinicapyrimidinicparaffinicFinnicabietinic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
delphinic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delphinic
MLA
“delphinic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delphinic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delphinic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delphinic.
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