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Definition: Delphic Oracle |
Delphic OracleNoun1. (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 OracleSynonym: oracle of Delphi (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Delphic Oracle |
| English words defined with "Delphic oracle": Equivocal chord. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Delphic oracle": Silver Weapon ♦ Wisest Man of Greece. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
delphic oracle | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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. | |
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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)
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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)D e l p h i c   O r a c l e |
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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