Orphean

English

Etymology

Orpheus +‎ -an

Adjective

Orphean (comparative more Orphean, superlative most Orphean)

1. Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythical poet and musician.
   • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page v. 123:

     It is, indeed, part of the ritual of the candidate for adeptship into the British mysteries, resembling that for the neophyte into the Osirian, Cabiric or Orphean mysteries.

Derived terms

• Orphean warbler

Translations

Translations

• German: orpheisch
• Latin: Orphēus

Anagrams

• orphane