mystic

comparative more mystic · superlative most mystic · alternative archaic mystick · alternative adjective mystical

1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

   a mystic dance

   Synonyms: mystical, sorcerous, sortilegious, magical, mystical, numinous, sorcerous, sortilegious

2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.

   Taught he not thee—the man of eld, / Whose eyes within his eyes beheld / Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man?

   1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Threnody”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 245

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   Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join, ⁠Deep-seated in our mystic frame, ⁠We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin; […]

   1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 56

   Synonyms: cryptic, ill-defined, mysterial, arcane, cryptic, enigmatic, ill-defined, inenubilable

plural mystics · alternative archaic mystick · alternative adjective mystical

1. Someone who practices mysticism.

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
   2. A ghost town in Routt County, Colorado.
   3. A village and census-designated place in the towns of Stonington and Groton, New London County, Connecticut.

      Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.

      2017 April 2, Tara Donaldson, “5 quiet U.S. coastal towns that offer a seaside escape”, in CNN

   4. A minor city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
   5. An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
   6. An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota.