of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi
<adj.pert> Delphic oracle
obscurely prophetic
<adj.all> Delphic pronouncements an oracular message
Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr. Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.) 1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
2. Ambiguous; mysterious. ``If he is silent or delphic.'' --New York Times.
Vanessa Redgrave, possessed of a seraphic intensity not seen since the Delphic Sybil, spreads a glow over the early scenes.
I put on the record and leaned in a bit as if to the Delphic oracle.
Its about as Delphic as I can put it.' There were caveats here.
But one industry spokesman described as a 'Delphic utterance' yesterday's statement by Mr Martin Bangemann, the industry commissioner, that there were several possibilities under discussion to make up the shortfall.