sfinks — meaning in English
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English meaning
- sphinx noun A mythical creature with a human head and a lion's body, most famously the giant statue near Egypt's Great Pyramids.
Senses
sfinks is used for these senses in English:
- Sphinx (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
- sphinx (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
sphinx — full definition
- noun A mythical creature with a human head and a lion's body, most famously the giant statue near Egypt's Great Pyramids.
- noun Someone hard to read — a person who keeps their thoughts, feelings, or plans hidden.