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Sibylline - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Sibylline' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sibylline [ a.]
- Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

Meaning of 'Sibylline' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sibylline [ s]
Meaning (1):
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Example in sentence:
  • a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions;
  • mantic powers;
  • the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
Meaning (2):
- having a secret or hidden meaning
Example in sentence:
  • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone;
  • cryptic writings;
  • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements

Nearby Words:

sib sibbens siberian sibilance sibilancy sibilant sibilate sibilation sibilatory sibilous

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