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sibylline
- /ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/ UK
Where it comes from
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
adjective sybilline
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Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
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.
Similar: sibyllic
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Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
Similar: sibyllic
- Occult, mysterious.
- Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
noun sibyllines · sybilline
- One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
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noun pertaining to a sibyl
| Español | sibilino |
|---|---|
| Français | sibyllin, sibyllique |
| Italiano | sibillino |
noun clairvoyant
| Italiano | sibillino |
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noun mysterious
| Français | sibyllin |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | sibyllinisch |
| Italiano | sibillino |
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