sphinx
IPA: sfˈɪŋks
noun
- (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
- A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
- (dated) A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
- A sphinx moth.
- (rare) A sphincter.
- (usually with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
- (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
verb
- To decorate with sphinxes.
- To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
- To be inscrutable, often through silence.
- To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
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Examples of "sphinx" in Sentences
- Besides the tomb underneath the Sphinx.
- The towers and the anchorage sphinxes are original.
- Is it worth adding the acolyte, Alleras the Sphinx
- He serves the ruler of this dimension, the tyrannical female Sphinx.
- He becomes the ruler of Thebes after solving the riddle of the sphinx.
- The name of the student group seems to be Sphinx or The Sphinx, as you note.
- The petals bear spurs that attract the plant's pollinators, the sphinx moths.
- The Sphinx actively tries to wheedle him into answering her riddle correctly.
- He offered, but the author used Sphinx Head ties to prevent the transgression.
- Saying that a sphinx is a sphinx is not understanding what the influences are.