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CABALISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cabalistic mean?
• CABALISTIC (adjective)
The adjective CABALISTIC has 1 sense:
1. having a secret or hidden meaning
Familiarity information: CABALISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a secret or hidden meaning
Synonyms:
cabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; kabbalistic; qabalistic; sibylline
Context example:
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Derivation:
cabala (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)
Context examples
Out came Meg, with gray horsehair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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