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Sibylline

//ˈsɪbɪlaɪn// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books. not-comparable

    "Cleopatra immediately comes down to the chair of state; seizes Ptolemy and drags him out of his seat; then takes his place in the chair. Ftatateeta seats herself on the step of the loggia, and sits there, watching the scene with sybilline intensity."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.; Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant. broadly, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.; Occult, mysterious. broadly, not-comparable
  4. 4
    Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.) not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a secret or hidden meaning wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla.

Etymology 2

From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla.

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