Sibylline

/ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/

Synonyms for "sibylline" (28 found)

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Adjective(9 words)
oracularpropheticqabalisticsibyllicsibylline corpussibylline literaturesibylline traditionvaticvatical

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Sibylline oracleSibylline prophecySibylline verseambiguous clausecryptic messagecryptic remarkdivinatory phraseenigmatic sentenceoracle languageoracular utteranceprophetic utterance

Collocations

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sibylline hintssibylline literaturesibylline oraclesibylline passagessibylline prophecysibylline verses

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more sibyllinemost sibylline

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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.

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But directly she had closed the door behind her, Mother Théot's manner underwent a chance. Here the broad light of day appeared to divest her of all her sybilline attributes. She became just an ugly old woman, wrinkled and hook-nosed, dressed in shabby draperies that were grey with age and dirt, and with claw-like hands that looked like the talons of a bird of prey.

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Another early form of rhapsodomancy is represented by the sibylline books.

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Bitch ov a sibylline vulva / Usurpress and liar / Centuries wept because ov thee / Where art thou now in the hour ov trial?

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