sibylline
IPA: sˈɪbɪɫaɪn
noun
- One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- (by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- (by extension) 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.)
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Examples of "sibylline" in Sentences
- Do you believe in sibylline events
- It is as old as the Sibylline books.
- Anyway, Sibylline redirects to Sibyl.
- The sibylline phenomenon was observed.
- How many sibylline stories do you know
- She likes to listen to sibylline stories.
- Twelve books of Sibylline Oracles survive.
- Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses.
- Some people think that the existence of aliens is sibylline.
- Are Sibyl, Sibylline Books and Sibylline Oracles being kept clear and distinct
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