English dictionary: words starting with orphe

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the poet orpheus, especially in being melodious or entrancing.

Usage examples:

They were entranced by the orphean skill he displayed

proper noun

A poet who could entrance wild beasts with the beauty of his singing and lyre playing. he went to the underworld after the death of his wife eurydice and secured her release from the dead, but lost her because he failed to obey the condition that he must not look back at her until they had reached the world of the living.

noun

In greek mythology (= ancient stories), a poet who sang and played the lyre (= a musical instrument with a u-shaped frame and strings)

Usage examples:

Orpheus wanted to rescue his bride, eurydice, from the underworld after she was bitten by a deadly …