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# delphic

«delphic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Relating to Delphi, an old Greek town with a famous shrine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Relating to Delphi, an old Greek town with a famous shrine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/#m1)

2) Hard to understand, with a hidden meaning, like the sayings of the old Delphic oracle (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in myths a Delphic priestess or message is mysterious, and the reader must work out its meaning

### examples

- The Delphic priestess spoke in riddles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/#x1)
- His answer was Delphic and puzzled us all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/#x2)
- The baby was found by a Delphic priestess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «delphic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delphic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.