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mistic

mistic noun: a kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.

mistic: a kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec...
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Noun

mistic (plural mistics)

  1. A kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.
    Synonyms:
    mistico

Synonyms of mistic

Forms of mistic

pluralmistics

Origin of mistic

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 traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al. disagree.

Words that rhyme with mistic

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Questions about mistic

What does mistic mean?
Mistic means a kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.
What part of speech is mistic?
Mistic is a noun.
What is the plural of mistic?
The plural of mistic is mistics.

Words near mistic in the dictionary

  1. misthrust
  2. misthrusted
  3. misthrusting
  4. misthrusts
  5. Misti
  6. mistic
  7. mistico
  8. misticoes
  9. misticos
  10. mistics
  11. mistide

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