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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

runic
    adj 1: relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Runic \Ru"nic\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,
   runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
   [1913 Webster]

   Runic staff. See Clog almanac, under Clog.

   Runic wand, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought
      to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe
      in magical ceremonies.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

runic
 adj.

    Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as ?Runix?; Unix fans
    return the compliment by expanding VMS to ?Very Messy Syntax? or ?Vachement
    Mauvais Syst?me? (French idiom, ?Hugely Bad System?).

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

runic

    Obscure, consisting of runes.

   VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as "RUnix".  Unix fans
   return the compliment by expanding VMS to "Very Messy Syntax"
   or "Vachement Mauvais Systeme" (French; literally "Cowlike Bad
   System", idiomatically "Bitchy Bad System").

   (1996-09-17)

Thesaurus Results for Runic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, bardic, bucolic, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, heroic, idyllic, mock-heroic, narrative, pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, rhapsodic, sapphic, skaldic

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