orphic

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Recent Examples of orphic Public history does not feel as alluring to him as furtive genealogies of violence, dramatized in obstinate orphic repetition from one book to the next: a woman (a redhead, a divorcée, someone love-hungry and secretive) is resurrected and rescued, only to be lost again. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Their extreme difficulty, combined with an initially limited availability in print, led readers to construe Pound’s mind as the unapproachable source of an orphic craft. Kathryn Winner, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023 Readers mystified by any of the author’s orphic lingo will find full explanations in the book’s extensive glossary. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018 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, 20 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orphic
Adjective
  • Take note of any mystical, magical or intuitive breakthroughs near this time.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • On February 7, a rare and powerful Neptune-North Node conjunction in Pisces occurs and will cast a mystical glow upon your destiny.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But there is also the slow minimalism of Morton Feldman and the manic yet patient seeking of Italy’s mystic count Giacinto Scelsi, in the twentieth century.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That gusher of findings will include new observations of exoplanets—or planets orbiting other stars; new surveys of the structure of the Milky Way; and new studies of dark energy, the mysterious, invisible force that causes the universe to expand continuously at an ever-accelerating rate.
    Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Beyond mysterious Gathering new data about Venus is vital, Garvin pointed out, so that the next wave of exploration is grounded in what must be done first as scientists attempt to further reveal our sister world.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The second season takes the series’ tense atmosphere and twisty storyline to the next level, with more enigmatic threats and a psychological game with devastating consequences.
    Isabella Wandermurem, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Iris, played by Heretic and Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher, is a gorgeous yet enigmatic young woman who looks something like Zooey Deschanel in her New Girl years but without her happy, slightly thoughtless enthusiasm for life.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Cal had his own secrets (Marsden appears in copious flashbacks), and then there’s the inscrutable Samantha (Julianne Nicholson), another powerful figure who steps up after the President’s death.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
  • All the while, the heroic couple was dogged by not just a team of lovebird assassins, but an inscrutable bunch of White House bigwigs.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet another gut-wrenching scenario for a team that now has won an uncanny 17 straight one-possession games.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The work proved to have uncanny resonances with the catastrophe that overtook Pacific Palisades and Altadena on January 7th.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Those products include a Colour Correcting Serum, which comes in six shades and refines pores with rosebay willowherb extract, as well as a Kazanlak rose complex that focuses on texture and firmness.
    James Manso, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Through interviews with the family, members of the Indigenous community and military search teams as well as elders from Colombia’s Amazonian communities, Forty Days in the Jungle recounts the story in the words of its complex young characters.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.
    NBC News, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Humans may occasionally make seemingly random, incomprehensible, and inconsistent mistakes, but such occurrences are rare and often indicative of more serious problems.
    Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Orphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphic. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.

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