delphic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi
    Delphian.
    • Delphic oracle
  2. adjective satellite obscurely prophetic
    oracular.
    • Delphic pronouncements
    • an oracular message

WordNet

Del"phic adjective
Etymology
L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. , fr. , L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.
Definitions
(Gr. Antiq.)
  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.

Webster 1913