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Word: Sibylline
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin Sibillinus, from Sibylla sibyl
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsɪbɪlʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious
Short Definition:relating to or characteristic of sibyl
Examples:- one glimpses them, uttering sibylline predictions of weal and woe
- his fascinating, if sometimes sibylline, meditations on the nation
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