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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