adj
sibylline
Sibylline (adj) means relating to a sibyl, a woman believed able to foretell the future.
adj
1
Relating to a sibyl, a woman believed able to foretell the future.
"Another early form of rhapsodomancy is represented by the sibylline books."
— Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness (1998)
2
Able to predict the future; clairvoyant.
3
Secretive and hard to understand.
4
Extremely and unreasonably costly.
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Etymology
Comes from Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla; by surface analysis, it can also be read as sibyl and -ine.
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What is the meaning of sibylline?
"sibylline" (adj) means relating to a sibyl, a woman believed able to foretell the future.
What is another word for sibylline?
Other words for "sibylline" include sibyllic, kabbalistic, mantic, divinatory, cryptical, vatic.
What are the different meanings of sibylline?
"sibylline" has 3 main meanings: 1. Relating to a sibyl, a woman believed able to foretell the future; 2. Able to predict the future; clairvoyant; 3. Secretive and hard to understand.
