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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mystique \mystique\ n.
An aura of reverence or mystery stemming from feelings of high value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing; as, the Kennedy mystique.
The aura of mystery surrounding the esoteric knowledge and skills required in certain occupations, or the power of those possessing those skills; as, the mystique of the astrophysicists.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1891, "atmosphere of mystery," from French mystique "a mystic; mystical," from Latin mysticus (see mystic (adj.)).
Wiktionary
n. An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
WordNet
n. an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing
Wikipedia
Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by artist David Cockrum and writer Chris Claremont, she first appeared in the comic book Ms. Marvel #16, published in 1978.
Mystique is a member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Mystique is a shapeshifter who can mimic the appearance and voice of any person with exquisite precision, and her natural appearance includes blue skin and yellow eyes. She is typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men.
Throughout most of her history, Mystique has been a supervillain, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. She has commented that she is over 100 years old. Mystique is the mother of the villain Graydon Creed, the X-Men hero Nightcrawler, and adoptive mother of the heroine Rogue. She is forced to abandon Nightcrawler, but raises Rogue for a number of years, and the two women have mixed feelings towards one another.
Mystique appears in six of the X-Men films: she was portrayed by actress Rebecca Romijn in the first three installments, while Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a younger version of the character in X-Men: First Class (in which Romijn has a cameo), X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse. In 2009, Mystique was ranked as IGN's 18th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Mystique was the name of a company that produced a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600, such as Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, Bachelor Party and Custer's Revenge. It was one of several video game companies that tried to use sex to sell its games. Mystique was an offshoot of Caballero Control Corporation, who produced pornographic films, and American Multiple Industries. The company's games were sold under the " Swedish Erotica" banner, although they were programmed in the United States, and manufactured in Hong Kong.
"I just don't believe adults want to shoot down rocket ships", American Multiple Industries' president said. According to industry watchers and critics, Mystique's game designs were generally simple, with crude graphics and unexceptional gameplay.
Mystique's game Custer's Revenge gained particular notoriety for its plot. In the game, the player controls the character of "Custer," a naked man sporting a cowboy hat and a visible erection, obviously inspired by George Armstrong Custer. Custer has to overcome various obstacles in order to have sex with a crudely depicted, large- breasted Native American woman who is tied to a cactus. The game prompted complaints from a number of groups - women's rights, anti-pornography, Native American, and video game critics all made complaints.
Mystique went out of business during the video game crash of 1983. The rights to Mystique's games were sold to the Playaround spin-off company, which continued the pornographic game line.
Mystique was a long running illusion show at Blackpool Pleasure Beach featuring many different types of illusions, comedy and dance.
The show ran until 2006 and featured illusionist Richard De Vere and his canine companion Schnorbitz for many years.
2006 Cast
Name
Country
Character
Clare Bramhall
England
Spirit Of Endearment
Richard De Vere
England
Master Of Illusion
Alex Gray replaced by Ian Oswald
England
Guardian Of Souls
Jennifer Henderson
England
La Chanteuse
Kristina Jackson
Australia
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Katsiaryna Kirychenka
Belarus
Spirit Of Dreams
Marc Lawlor
England
Guardian Of Morality
Yvonne Quinn
Scotland
Spirit Of Virtue
Lucy Southwick
England
Spirit Of Inspiration
Rebecca Stevens
England
Spirit Of Love
Hanna Telford
England
Temptress Of Desire
Brett Watkiss replaced by Innis Robertson
England
Guardian Of Temperance
Danielle Wheeler
England
Spirit Of Fantasy
Kelly Willars
England
Enchantress Of Passion
2005 Cast List
Name
Country
Character
Clare Bramhall
England
Spirit Of Endearment
Lynsey Brown
Scotland
Enchantress Of Passion
Richard De Vere
England
Master Of Illusion
Gemma Forshaw
England
Spirit Of Inspriration
Marc Lawlor
England
Guardian Of Morality
Yvonne Quinn
Scotland
Spirit Of Virtue
Alexa Jayne Robinson
England
Spirit Of Dreams
Nikita Scott Johns
England
La Chanteuse
Rebecca Stevens
England
Spirit Of Love
Hanna Telford
England
Temptress Of Desire
Rolando Theodorou
Cyprus
Guardian Of Souls
Anna Woolhouse
England
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Ernesto Valdez
Cuba
Guardian Of Temperance
Phil Walker
England
Comedian/Compere
Danielle Wheeler
England
Spirit Of Fantasy
2004 Cast List
Name
Country
Character
Clare Bramhall
England
Spirit Of Endearment
Lynsey Brown
Scotland
Spirit Of Love
Lauren Coney
England
Spirit Of Fantasy
Krystal Cooper
England
La Chanteuse
Richard De Vere
England
Master Of Illusion
Gemma Forshaw
England
Spirit Of Inspiration
Amanda Kulpan
England
La Chanteuse
Marc Lawlor
England
Guardian Of Morality
Ian Oswald
England
Guardian Of Souls
Yvonne Quinn
Scotland
Spirit Of Virtue
Alexa Jayne Robinson
England
Spirit Of Dreams
Hanna Telford
England
Temptress Of Desire
Lauren Faye Todd
England
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Ernesto Valdez
Cuba
Guardian Of Temperance
Phil Walker
England
Comedian/Compere
Kelly Willars
England
Enchantress Of Passion
2003 Cast List
Name
Character
Alison Beckett
Spirit Of Dreams
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Lauren Coney
Spirit Of Fantasy
Krystal Cooper
La Chanteuse
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Graham Elsley
Guardian Of Temperance
Gemma Forshaw
La Chanteuse
Sara Furlong
Spirit Of Inspiration
Emma Hollings
Spirit Of Love
Marc Lawlor
Guardian Of Morality
Ian Oswald
Guardian Of Souls
Caroline Renno
Temptress Of Desire
Lydia Scott
Spirit Of Virtue
Lauren Faye Todd
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Tamzin Taryn Wilcock
Spirit Of Endearment
Kelly Willars
Enchantress Of Passion
2002 Cast List
Name
Character
Gemma Blower
Spirit Of Fantasy
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Gemma Forshaw
Spirit Of Inspiration
Louise Haggath
Spirit Of Love
Joe Hartford
Spirit Of Endearment
Tatiana Jarkova
Enchantress Of Passion
Marc Lawlor
Guardian Of Morality
Phillip Needham
Guardian Of Temperance
Ian Oswald
Guardian Of Souls
Caroline Renno
Temptress Of Desire
Lydia Scott
Spirit Of Virtue
Nikita Scott Johns
La Chanteuse
Kelly Willars
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Anya Willis
Spirit Of Dreams
2001 Cast List
Name
Character
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Kelly Clayton
Spirit Of Inspiration
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Joe Hartford
Spirit Of Endearment
Eve Headley
Spirit Of Fantasy
Tatiana Jarkova
Enchantress Of Passion
Marc Lawlor
Guardian Of Morality
Nicki Moffett
Spirit Of Virtue
Ian Oswald
Guardian Of Souls
Caroline Renno
Spirit Of Love
Ben Russel
Guardian Of Temperance
Nikita Scott Johns
La Chanteuse
Charlotte Searle
Temptress Of Desire
Hanna Telford
Spirit Of Dreams
Kelly Willars
Spirit Of Ecstasy
2000 Cast List
Name
Country
Character
Tom Bright
England
Comedian/Compere
Jenni Carvell
England
Stina Dahlsrund
Norway
Richard De Vere
England
Master Of Illusion
Dean Ellis
England
Tatiana Jarkova
Russia
Enchantress Of Passion
Marc Lawlor
England
Karen Martin
England
Sasha Millard
England
La Chanteuse
Julia Pearson
England
Charlotte Telford
England
Temptress Of Desire
Hanna Telford
England
Rolando Theodorou
Cyprus
Kelly Willars
England
1999 Cast List
Name
Character
Nikki Alexander
Guardian Of Temperance
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Jenni Carvell
Spirit Of Love
Stina Dahlsrund
Spirit Of Ecstasy
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Dean Ellis
Guardian Of Virtue
Nic Jackson
Spirit Of Dreams
Tatiana Jarkova
Enchantress Of Passion
Charlotte Knight
Spirit Of Endearment
Marc Lawlor
Guardian Of Morality
Sasha Millard
La Chanteuse
Charlotte Telford
Temptress Of Desire
Kirsty Walton
Spirit Of Souls
Toria Whitney
Spirit Of Fantasy
1997 Cast List
Name
Character
Nikki Alexander
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Tracey Gittins
Chris Haydn
Sara Highlands
Marc Lawlor
Diane Le Carol
Singer
Claire Matthews
Justine Morden
Laetitia Ray
Enchantress Of Passion
Justine Roberts
Rachel Roberts
Jayne Saunders
Temptress Of Desire
Justine Wade
1996 Cast List
Name
Character
Nikki Alexander
Louise Arey
Karen Black
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Craig Christian
Richard De Vere
Master Of Illusion
Nico Ellis
Rosaline Frew
Tracey Gittins
Peter Hartley
Example
Dee Jago
Rachel Manns
Melissa Paul
Alan Phoenix
1995 Cast List
Name
Character
Nikki Alexander
Hugh Black
Pre-Show Artiste
Karen Black
Tom Bright
Comedian/Compere
Guy Collins
Pre-Show Artiste
Stillie Dee
Christian Griffin Romanov
Illusionist
Loula
Thia Stephan
Michelle McHugh
Juliette Pemberton
Victoria Unthank
Female Vocalist
Katrina Vassilieva
Antony Winmill
Mystique may refer to:
- Mystique (personality trait), a personality trait similar to charisma
- Mystique (comics), a Marvel Comics character associated with the X-Men
- Mystique (casino), a casino/greyhound race track in Dubuque, Iowa, USA.
- Mystique (company), producer of a number of pornographic video games for the Atari 2600 including Custer's Revenge
- Matrox Mystique, 2D, 3D and video acceleration card produced by Matrox in 1996/97.
- Mercury Mystique, a compact car produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1995 to 2000
- Mis-Teeq, an English R&B group, split in January 2005
- Music City Mystique, a Percussion Independent World (PIW) Drumline from Nashville, Tennessee.
Mystique, formerly Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino (DGPC), is a combination greyhound race track and casino ( racino) located in Dubuque, Iowa. The casino is owned by the City of Dubuque, and operated by the non-profit Dubuque Racing Association, its license holder. It is a member of the Iowa Gaming Association, and shares a gaming license with the Diamond Jo Casino, also in Dubuque. Beginning operations on June 1, 1985, the DGPC became a full-service casino following the introduction of table games in 2005.
Mystique is located at 1855 Greyhound Park Drive, on Chaplain Schmitt Island, near the Mississippi River. The casino, along with attractions in the Port of Dubuque and Downtown Dubuque, have helped to create a large and growing tourism market in Dubuque.
Usage examples of "mystique".
Whereas the mystique of military honor makes almost all punishments aleatory, save the two great sanctions, death and dismissal, both tantamount to dishonor.
Lightning, like all authoritarian Judeo-Christian heresies, had its own share of this typically Occidental straight-line mystique, which was why even the Jews among them, like Zev Hirsch, accepted the symbol first suggested by Atlanta Hope: that most Euclidean of all religious emblems: the Cross.
And yet, despite all thisthe binational bureaucratic cult, the old-style corporatism that survived the passage from war to peace, the mystique of nonaccountability symbolized by the sovereign, the stunted aspects of the new imperial democracyMacArthur was quite accurate when he spoke of a society that had undergone significant change.
Alice Lee Langman was a perfected presence, an enameled lady marked with the androgynous quality, that sexually ambivalent aura that seems a common denominator among certain persons whose allure crosses all frontiers-a mystique not confined to women, for Nureyev has it, Nehru had it, so did the youthful Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley, so did Montgomery Clift and James Dean.
Financial Tbnes had all done profiles on Harry Stanford, trying to explain his Mystique, his amazing sense of timing, the ineffable acumen that had created the giant Stanfofd Enterprises.
She happened to like those old weird-necktie movies in black and white, her grandfolks had worked on some of them, and she personally resented this increasingly dumb attempt to cash in on the pseudoromantic mystique of those particular olden days in this town, having heard enough stories from Hub and Sasha, and Dotty and Wade, to know better than most how corrupted everything had really been from top to bottom, as if the town had been a toxic dump for everything those handsome pictures had left out.
Boboko was infinitely superior, even if he tended to play on his own Gypsylike mystique and philosophize too much.
I was his namesake, and somehow, being the second Nick Carraway in a family where the name had a certain mystique had forced that mystique upon me.
He'd made his fortune selling baths, bidets and toilets, which lent him little by way of mystique.
From being a not par ticularly interesting and arguably slightly barbaric species of middling abilities and average prospects, they suddenly acquired a glamour and mystique most civilisations struggled over mil lennia to develop.
Like the altruist morality from which it is derived, this doctrine rests on mysticism: either on the old-fashioned mysticism of faith in supernatural edicts, like “The Divine Right of Kings”—or on the social mystique of modern collectivists who see society as a super-organism, as some supernatural entity apart from and superior to the sum of its individual members.
Therefore in complex, almost indefinable ways the guttergangs began to lose their mystique, their attraction for the lost and disenfranchised of the planet.
It's known as the mystique of the kilt, and I'm not going to be the first to destroy a centuries-old Arcanum arcanorum!
But, beyond that, she was surrounded with the mystique of a council member.
The mystique behind these writers, I suppose, is the class war, the hope of a better future, the struggle of the working class against miserable living conditions.