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Delphic Oracle

Definition: Delphic Oracle

Delphic Oracle

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Delphic Oracle

Synonym: oracle of Delphi (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Delphic Oracle

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Equivocalness

Sphinx, Delphic oracle.

Latency Implication

Noun: {ant. } latency, inexpression; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala, anagoge; silence; (taciturnity); concealment; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes, undercurrent.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Delphic Oracle

English words defined with "Delphic oracle": Equivocal chord. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Delphic oracle": Silver WeaponWisest Man of Greece. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Delphic Oracle

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Delphic Oracle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

delphic oracle

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Delphic Oracle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-h-i-l-l-o-p-r"

-2 letters: placeholder.

-3 letters: callipered, cheliceral, peccadillo, prechilled.

-4 letters: calipered, caprioled, chelicera, cochaired, echolalic, leporidae, parcelled, pedocalic, precocial.

-5 letters: alopecic, arillode, calliope, callipee, calliper, capriole, carolled, celeriac, cellared, cephalic, chaliced, cheliped, chloride, choleric, ciphered, clerical, clochard, cochleae, cochlear, codpiece, coleader, collared, collider, cordelle, decipher, ecocidal, heraldic, heroical, hilloaed, hollered, leachier, oeillade, orphical, parceled, parhelic, peachier, pedalier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Delphic Oracle


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 6C 70 68 69 63      4F 72 61 63 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01101100 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100011 00100000 01001111 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#108 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#79 &#114 &#97 &#99 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 006C 0070 0068 0069 0063      004F 0072 0061 0063 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387178827475692498467697871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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