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SIBYLLINE

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

• SIBYLLINE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

Synonyms:

vatic; sibylline; sibyllic; mantic; divinatory; vatical

Context examples:

the high priest's divinatory pronouncement / mantic powers / a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having a secret or hidden meaning

Synonyms:

cabalistic; kabbalistic; qabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; sibylline

Context examples:

cabalistic symbols engraved in stone / cryptic writings / thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements

Similar:

esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)

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