sphinxity
sphinxity noun: a profound riddle or conundrum.
Noun
sphinxity (plural sphinxities)
- 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
- At first we stand agedly solemn before the sphinxity of life, and "on ne devient pas jeune qu'avec le temps."1909, Sir James Henry Yoxall, The Wander Years, page 233
Forms of sphinxity
| plural | sphinxities |
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Origin of sphinxity
From sphinx + -ity.
Questions about sphinxity
- What does sphinxity mean?
- Sphinxity means a profound riddle or conundrum.
- What part of speech is sphinxity?
- Sphinxity is a noun.
- What is the plural of sphinxity?
- The plural of sphinxity is sphinxities.
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