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sibylline

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪbɪlʌɪn/
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Definition of sibylline

adjective

chiefly literary
  • relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious: one glimpses them, uttering sibylline predictions of weal and woe his fascinating, if sometimes sibylline, meditations on the nation

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin Sibillinus, from Sibylla sibyl

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