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)

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

Synonyms

mistico

References

^ 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.
^ 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
^ “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)

mystical

Related terms

misticisme

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mystique.

Adjective

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

mystical

Declension

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

Related terms

[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.

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