sibylline meaning

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sibylline (adjective): resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.

sibylline has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

sibylline as an adjective

  1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
    • the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
    • mantic powers
    • a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions

    Synonyms: divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical

    Similar: prophetic

  2. having a secret or hidden meaning
    • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
    • cryptic writings
    • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements

    Synonyms: cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical

    Similar: esoteric

Word lists: words starting with SI · words ending in NE · 9-letter words

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