sibylline
UK/ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/
sibylline adjective: of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Adjective
sibylline (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- Cleopatra immediately comes down to the chair of state; seizes Ptolemy and drags him out of his seat; then takes his place in the chair. Ftatateeta seats herself on the step of the loggia, and sits there, watching the scene with sybilline intensity.1898, George Bernard Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra
- But directly she had closed the door behind her, Mother Théot's manner underwent a chance. Here the broad light of day appeared to divest her of all her sybilline attributes. She became just an ugly old woman, wrinkled and hook-nosed, dressed in shabby draperies that were grey with age and dirt...1922 August, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 23, in The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- sibyllic
- Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- Occult, mysterious.
- Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
Noun
sibylline (plural sibyllines)
- One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
sibylline meaning in Tamil
sibylline in Tamil
- குறி சொல்லும், எதிர்காலத்தைக் கண்டு உரைக்கும், தீர்க்கதரிசனமான, தீர்க்கதரிசிக்குரிய, புதிரான
Examples of sibylline in a sentence
- Another early form of rhapsodomancy is represented by the sibylline books.1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, page 42:
- Bitch ov a sibylline vulva / Usurpress and liar / Centuries wept because ov thee / Where art thou now in the hour ov trial?2014, “Amen”, in Nergal (lyrics), The Satanist, performed by Behemoth, Track 5:
Synonyms of sibylline
Forms of sibylline
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative misspelling | sybilline |
| Noun | |
| plural | sibyllines |
Origin of sibylline
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
Words formed from sibylline
- Sibylline Oracles
Questions about sibylline
- What does sibylline mean?
- Sibylline means of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- What is sibylline in Tamil?
- Sibylline in Tamil is குறி சொல்லும், எதிர்காலத்தைக் கண்டு உரைக்கும், தீர்க்கதரிசனமான. See Sibylline meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sibylline in a sentence?
- Another early form of rhapsodomancy is represented by the sibylline books.
- What part of speech is sibylline?
- Sibylline can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sibylline?
- Sibylline is pronounced /ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/ (UK).
Words near sibylline in the dictionary
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