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.

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