a. | 1. | Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious. |
2. | Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; | |
3. | employing mysticism; | |
n. | 1. | One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: religious mystic |
Adj. | 1. | mystic - having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" |
2. | mystic - relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition"; "mystical theories about the securities market" Synonyms: mystical | |
3. | mystic - relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical religion" Synonyms: mystical |
MYSTIC. In a secret manner; concealed; as mystic testament, for a secret testament. Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 3138; Testament Mystic.
(language) | MYSTIC - An early system on the IBM 704, IBM 650, IBM 1103 and 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. |