sibyllin — meaning in English

English meaning

• obscure adjective Not well known.
• sibylline adj Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.

Senses

sibyllin is used for these senses in English:

• obscure Difficult to understand; abstruse.
• sibylline One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.

obscure — full definition

1. adjective Not well known.
2. adjective Difficult to understand or make out clearly.
3. verb To hide or make something difficult to see or understand.

sibylline — full definition

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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