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sphinxities

sphinxities is the plural of sphinxity.

Meaning of sphinxity

Noun

sphinxity (plural sphinxities)

  1. A profound riddle or conundrum.
    • Like the poem of Epysychidion, by Shelley, the entrails of our epilogomena, will be caviare to the many-headed but to the select few will be as water to the parched earth, as manna to the hungry Israelite; they will unravel our sphinxities, and untwist our enigmatics, so that our dictum shall be as...1841 December 30, “Musical Intelligence”, in The Musical World, volume 16, number 301, page 424

Questions about sphinxities

What is sphinxities the plural of?
Sphinxities is the plural of sphinxity.

Words near sphinxities in the dictionary

  1. sphinx moths
  2. sphinxed
  3. sphinxes
  4. sphinxian
  5. sphinxing
  6. sphinxities
  7. sphinxity
  8. sphinxlike
  9. sphondin
  10. sphragide
  11. sphragides

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