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sibylline

[sib-uh-leen, -lahyn, -lin]

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adjective

of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.

mysterious; cryptic.

Also, si·byl·ic, si·byl·lic

[si-bil-ik] .

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin Sibyllīnus pertaining to a sibyl. See sibyl, -ine¹

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sibyl (ˈsɪbɪl)

—n
1.	(in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld
2.	a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress

[C13: ultimately from Greek Sibulla, of obscure origin]

sibylline

—*adj*

sibyllic

—*adj*

sibylic

—*adj*

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