sibylline
Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean…Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
(broadly, not comparable)Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
(broadly, not comparable)Occult, mysterious.
(not comparable)Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
- having a secret or hidden meaning
Origin
From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.From Latin sibyllinus, Sibillinus, from Sibylla. By surface analysis, sibyl + -ine.
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy:divinatorymanticsibyllicvaticvatical
- having a secret or hidden meaning:cabalistickabbalisticqabalisticcrypticcryptical