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Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

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  1. a. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
  2. a. Ambiguous; mysterious.
  3. adj. of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi
  4. adj. obscurely prophetic
  5. 1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place. 2. Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic." New York Times.
  6. Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics,an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of LouisXIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
  7. j:100 a. of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi s. obscurely prophetic