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Meanings of
sibylline
in English
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
divinatory
mantic
vatic
sibyllic
vatical
Related terms
prophetic
prophetical
Having a secret or hidden meaning.
cryptic
cabalistic
qabalistic
kabbalistic
cryptical
Related terms
esoteric
Usage of
sibylline
in English
1
They knew well that
sibylline
look on the face of Miranda Brown.
2
All right, when you get on these
sibylline
airs, I say no more.
3
At length the temple was destroyed by fire, and the original
sibylline
books perished.
4
The governess, who was clever, studied Cæsar's hand and expressed herself in
sibylline
terms:
5
He wrote to congratulate him, and Perrotin thanked him in a few prudent and
sibylline
words:
6
It is as old as the
sibylline
books.
7
If he could have met Debora again, he would have forgiven her
sibylline
deceptions, her father's chicanery.
8
Her
sibylline
science extended no further.
9
A few days later she again met her old gipsy crone Hagar Burton, who repeated her
sibylline
declaration.
10
For some time the empress walked up and down her room, undecided whether to turn the
sibylline
leaves or not.
11
By a
sibylline
stichomancy.
12
The
sibylline
oracles were held in so great veneration among the ancients, that nothing of importance was undertaken without consulting them.
13
You need not any way doubt but that feminine old age is always fructifying in qualities sublime- Iwouldhave said
sibylline
.
14
But from them must come the
sibylline
response, for the true artist has no home upon earth save the heart of humanity!
15
László Nemes reunites with Son of Saul co-writer Clara Royer for this sumptuous,
sibylline
account of the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
16
The accounts are all written on the
sibylline
leaves; they are in all languages, ancient and modern; and those concerning this story are in English.
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sibylline
Adjective
Frequent collocations
sibylline books
say sibylline
sibylline account
sibylline air
sibylline deceptions
More collocations
Sibylline
through the time