See Also: Orphean(dictionary)

Orphean (iou)



Orphean adjective & noun. L16.
[from Latin Orpheus from Greek Orpheios, from Orpheus (see below): see -AN, -EAN.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to (the musical abilities of) Orpheus, a mythical Greek musician and poet the strains of whose lyre were said to be able to move rocks and trees. Also, melodious, entrancing. L16.
Orphean warbler a grey and white migratory warbler, Sylvia hortensis, with a whitish eye, of Southern Europe, SW Asia, and Africa north of the equator.
W. Cowper As if conven'd By magic summons of th' Orphean lyre.
= ORPHIC adjective 1. L17.
b. noun. An adherent of Orphic philosophy. E19.