mistic

See also: místic

English

Etymology

From Spanish místico. Compare Catalan místic, French mistique, Italian mistico, and Ottoman Turkish مستقو (mistiko). These all refer to sailing ships of the Mediterranean, but not necessarily to the same kind of ship. The number of masts is variously two or three and the sails are lateen or square. The New English Dictionary[1] traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al.[2] disagree.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
  • Homophone: mystic

Noun

mistic (plural mistics)

  1. A kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.[3]

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Mistic”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538, column 3.
  2. ^ Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois
  3. ^ “mistic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mistic m (feminine singular mistica, masculine plural mistics, feminine plural misticas)

  1. mystical

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mystique.

Adjective

mistic m or n (feminine singular mistică, masculine plural mistici, feminine and neuter plural mistice)

  1. mystical

Declension

Declension of mistic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite mistic mistică mistici mistice
definite misticul mistica misticii misticele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite mistic mistice mistici mistice
definite misticului misticei misticilor misticelor
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