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Sybil

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century.

    ""I beg your pardon," said Egremont blushing; "I was reading your name. I thought I was reading it to myself. Sybil Gerard! What a beautiful name is Sybil!" "My mother's name," said Gerard; "and my grandame's name, and a name I believe that has been about our hearth as long as our race; and that's a very long time indeed," he added smiling, "for we were tall men in King John's reign, as I have heard say.""

Noun
  1. 1
    Prophetess; hag.

    "Alternative form: sybil"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Sybil. alt-of
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Sybil attack. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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