sibyllinsk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- sibylline adj Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Senses
sibyllinsk is used for these senses in English:
- sibylline One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
sibylline — full definition
- adj Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- adj Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- adj Occult, mysterious.
- 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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