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Word: Sphinx
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Sphinx, apparently from sphingein ‘draw tight’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sfɪŋks
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a winged monster having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide.
Short Definition:winged monster having woman's head and lion's body
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