† ophicadj.

Forms: 1600s opick, 1800s ophic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὄϕις , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent (see ophio- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Compare Greek ὀϕιακός of or relating to snakes (in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Nicander Theriaca 377). Compare also French ophique (1838). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·fik) /ˈɒfɪk/.

Obsolete. rare.

Of or relating to snakes.Quot. 1659 perhaps refers to a powder of snakeroot.

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1659 Lady Alimony ii. iii. sig. Ci^v Resolve To opick powder, juyce of Cucumber, Or what may show most chillness in the blood.

1865 Athenæum No. 1986. 679/2 The ophic or serpent worship.

1866 Fortn. Rev. 22 474 There is..no proof of Ophic worship ever having been practised in this island.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ophic
释义	† ophicadj. Forms: 1600s opick, 1800s ophic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὄϕις , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent (see ophio- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Compare Greek ὀϕιακός of or relating to snakes (in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Nicander Theriaca 377). Compare also French ophique (1838). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·fik) /ˈɒfɪk/. Obsolete. rare. Of or relating to snakes.Quot. 1659 perhaps refers to a powder of snakeroot. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [adjective] > of serpents ophic1659 ophiolatrous1887 society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Gnosticism > [adjective] > Serpentian ophic1659 Ophitic1865 1659 Lady Alimony ii. iii. sig. Ci^v Resolve To opick powder, juyce of Cucumber, Or what may show most chillness in the blood. 1865 Athenæum No. 1986. 679/2 The ophic or serpent worship. 1866 Fortn. Rev. 22 474 There is..no proof of Ophic worship ever having been practised in this island. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1659
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