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Runic : adj : relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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 Syste`me' (French idiom, "Hugely Bad System").
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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