Delphic oracle. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Delphic pronouncements. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : She was known for her Delphic pronouncements. From Dictionary.com.
Pre-eminent among all such unions was that known as the Delphic. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
It recalls the Delphic oracle's reply when Croesus asked if he should declare war on Persia. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
At Lady Miller's home, aspiring poets would meet and socialise placing their work into a large urn, known as The Delphic Vase. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Seward (1742-1809)] Reference
We have some kind of Delphic signals from Judge Roberts. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005] Reference
There the transport "Delphic" received us, together with a squadron of Paget's. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
The Count, pursuing some other line of thought, broke out into a kind of Delphic rhapsody. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
Drake's student paper, the Times-Delphic, has more. From Wordnik.com. [Benjamin Backstrom DEAD: Drake University Student Died Of Self-Inflicted Wound, Authorities Say (NEWS)] Reference
Bluey continues with an oracular (Delphic) parsing. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Coulter, her friends and working associates: All Ugly] Reference
As advice goes, it was more Delphic than practical. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of a Paper: Part I, Inspiration] Reference
Delphic oracle delusion demagogue demand demand curve. From Wordnik.com. [Entry Index: Cross of Gold speech to Doppler effect] Reference
He's not giving interviews, and his Web site is Delphic. From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Weatherman] Reference
I pray you play to him on the flute the Delphic Hymn to Apollo. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
La'i-us, King of Thebes, was told by the Delphic oracle that if. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
List the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic cave within. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
There's a Delphic sibyl and I forgot what the other sibyls are. From Wordnik.com. [Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol] Reference
As did Lycurgus, when he was saluted by the Delphic prophetess. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
Mr. Gunterson was as cryptic as were the Delphic oracles of old. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
A judge's wig is a Delphic mystery, whether brains be in it or not. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829] Reference
Why has the Delphic oracle been called "the common hearth of Hellas"?. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The Delphic amphictyony was the most noteworthy of these local unions. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
If I ` m sounding Delphic, it ` s time for a "Holiday Look" in a moment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2009] Reference
In my Delphic state I was simultaneously aware of both make-out sessions. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
No. But then, Lu is a good girl, and he's her minister, -- a Delphic oracle. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
The Delphic oracle declared that no one in the world was wiser than Socrates. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity!. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Man] Reference
COHEN: Well, there's a bit of Delphic ambiguity about Mr. Brahimi's statements. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2004] Reference
Delphic oracle, the Olympian games, and the Eleusinian mysteries, were abolished. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
He was worshiped at the Delphic oracle, where a priestess gave forth his predictions. From Wordnik.com. [Apollo] Reference
It gazed back at me, not empty-eyed as in those months at Athens, but secret, Delphic, dark. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
There is still a certain Delphic mystery about the printed page which imposes upon the imagination. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
The topper was Greenspan's Delphic utterances last month that left lots of people nervous and confused. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Season Of Wall Street Weirdness] Reference
Bacchus, who, inhabiting the Parnassian rock, sparklest with torches, conspicuous among the Delphic Bacchanals!. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds] Reference
But it doesn't end before she delivers her Delphic judgment: "You haven't made a film as good as you are, Chaplin.". From Wordnik.com. [Charlie’s Company] Reference
Spartans sought the advice of the Delphic oracle, and received the mortifying response that they must seek a leader from the. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
The tone here is quite different from the half-humorous style in which he deals with the Delphic oracle, and even the 'divine sign'. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
"Which made it doubly a Delphic oracle for vagueness to me," said Mrs. Orton Beg, "because Colonel Colquhoun's name was also George.". From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
She had no notion that she was giving him the least clue to the truth, but considered herself speaking with more than Delphic prudence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
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