US /ˈmɪstɪk/ UK /ˈmɪstɪk/
noun adj

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  1. 1
    noun

    a person who seeks union with the divine, or spiritually mysterious

    The mystic spent years in silent contemplation.

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From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek mystikos ('relating to mysteries'), from mystes ('initiate'), from myein ('to close, as the eyes or lips').

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