different between mystic vs cabalistic

English

Alternative forms

• mystick (archaic)
• mystical (adjective)

Etymology

From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from ?????? (múst?s, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)

1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

   a mystic dance

2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
   • 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody

     Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man.

Translations

Noun

mystic (plural mystics)

1. Someone who practices mysticism.

Translations

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystify
• mystique

References

• mystic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mystic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• mystic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mystic at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• cabbalistic
• kabbalistic
• qabalistic

Etymology

From cabalist +? -ic or cabal +? -istic.

Adjective

cabalistic (comparative more cabalistic, superlative most cabalistic)

1. Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
2. Of or relating to Kabballah.
   • 1906, Jewish Encyclopedia:

     Aaron is the author of "Bet Aharon" (Aaron's House; Brody, 1875), which contains his cabalistic and ethical expositions of the Pentateuch.

Derived terms

• cabalistically

Translations

References

AARON BEN ASHER OF KARLIN

Romanian

Etymology

From French cabalistique

Adjective

cabalistic m or n (feminine singular cabalistic?, masculine plural cabalistici, feminine and neuter plural cabalistice)

1. cabalistic

Declension