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synonyms for Delphian

  • ambiguous
  • arcane
  • enigmatic
  • equivocal
  • incomprehensible
  • mysterious
  • strange
  • vague
  • veiled
  • Delphic
  • abstruse
  • apocryphal
  • cabalistic
  • dark
  • esoteric
  • evasive
  • hidden
  • inexplicable
  • murky
  • mystic
  • mystical
  • mystifying
  • occult
  • opaque
  • oracular
  • perplexing
  • puzzling
  • recondite
  • secretive
  • tenebrous
  • unclear
  • unfathomable
  • uninformative
  • deep
  • mysterious
  • mystic
  • occult
  • abstruse
  • anagogic
  • arcane
  • cabalistic
  • complicated
  • concealed
  • cryptic
  • enigmatic
  • esoteric
  • intricate
  • knotty
  • mystical
  • mystifying
  • not known
  • obscure
  • puzzling
  • recondite

antonyms for Delphian

MOST RELEVANT
  • certain
  • clear
  • common
  • definite
  • known
  • normal
  • obvious
  • plain
  • sure
  • seen
  • straightforward
  • clear
  • obvious
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                How to use Delphian in a sentence

                To prove to others that they knew nothing, is what he himself represents to be his mission from the Delphian oracle.
                PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTE
                His mission from the Delphian God finishes with the negative: inspiration fails him when he deals with the affirmative.
                PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTE
                Though the Delphian oracle pronounced him the wisest of mankind, we concluded to look further, and in so doing, came to Epicurus.
                THE PRINCE OF INDIA, VOLUME ILEW. WALLACE
                The Muses are united with the Graces as in a work of art in the Delphian temple.
                THE HOMERIC HYMNSANDREW LANG
                They were the authors of the celebrated mottoes inscribed in later days in the Delphian Temple.
                BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ASTOUNDING FACTS AND USEFUL INFORMATION, 1889BARKHAM BURROUGHS
                Can we really be ignorant of the excellent meaning of the Delphian inscription, of which we were just now speaking?
                ALCIBIADES I(MAY BE SPURIOUS) PLATO
                The Greeks similarly put their questions to the Delphian oracle in writing.
                THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIAMORRIS JASTROW
                "Perhaps," he said in a whisper that might have come from the Delphian oracle; and then he cantered away.
                A REPUBLIC WITHOUT A PRESIDENT AND OTHER STORIESHERBERT WARD
                But for the most part its interference relates directly to the Delphian temple.
                THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, VOL. 1VARIOUS
                No sooner had the envoys put the question to the Delphian priestess, on the day named, "What is Crœsus now doing?"
                THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, VOL. 1VARIOUS
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