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sibylline in French

sibylline in French is sibyllin — sibylline means of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.

sibylline in French

sibyllin
noun
One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.

What does "sibylline" mean?

  1. adj Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
  2. adj Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
  3. adj Occult, mysterious.
  4. adj Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
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What is "sibylline" in French?

"sibylline" in French is sibyllin. sibylline means: Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.

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