Question

delphic All she could get from the strange old woman were a few delphic comments that left her more confused than ever about the missing documents. ˈdɛlfɪk

Accepted Answer

Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing. Delphi in Greece was the site of a temple to Apollo at which there resided an oracle, a woman through whom Apollo would speak, foretelling the future. The Greeks consulted the oracle frequently on matters both private and public. The prophecies were given in difficult poetry that had to be interpreted by priests, and even the interpretations could be hard to understand. When Croesus, king of Lydia, asked what would happen if he attacked the Persians, the oracle announced that he would destroy a great empire; what she didn't say was that the empire destroyed would be his own. Modern-day descendants of the oracle include some political commentators, who utter words of delphic complexity every week

word	delphic
definition	Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing.
eg_sentence	All she could get from the strange old woman were a few delphic comments that left her more confused than ever about the missing documents.
explanation	Delphi in Greece was the site of a temple to Apollo at which there resided an oracle, a woman through whom Apollo would speak, foretelling the future. The Greeks consulted the oracle frequently on matters both private and public. The prophecies were given in difficult poetry that had to be interpreted by priests, and even the interpretations could be hard to understand. When Croesus, king of Lydia, asked what would happen if he attacked the Persians, the oracle announced that he would destroy a great empire; what she didn't say was that the empire destroyed would be his own. Modern-day descendants of the oracle include some political commentators, who utter words of delphic complexity every week
IPA	ˈdɛlfɪk

Delphic Oracle Woman Apollo Unclear Ambiguous Confusing Strange