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SIBYL

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• SIBYL (noun)
The noun SIBYL has 2 senses:

1. a woman who tells fortunes
2. (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet

Familiarity information: SIBYL used as a noun is rare.

• SIBYL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A woman who tells fortunes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sibyl" is a kind of...):

fortune teller; fortuneteller (a person who foretells your personal future)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sibyl" is a kind of...):

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

"Don't cut off your nose to spite your face."
(English proverb)
"When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"When what you want doesn't happen, learn to want what does."
(Arabic proverb)
"With your hat in your hand you can travel the entire country."
(Dutch proverb)

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