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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