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SIBYLLINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sibylline mean?
• SIBYLLINE (adjective)
The adjective SIBYLLINE has 2 senses:
1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
2. having a secret or hidden meaning
Familiarity information: SIBYLLINE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Synonyms:
divinatory; mantic; sibyllic; sibylline; vatic; vatical
Context example:
a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a secret or hidden meaning
Synonyms:
cabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; kabbalistic; qabalistic; sibylline
Context example:
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
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