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SIBYLLINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a secret or hidden meaning
Example:
thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
Synonyms:
cabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; kabbalistic; qabalistic; sibylline
Classified under:
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Example:
a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Synonyms:
divinatory; mantic; sibyllic; sibylline; vatic; vatical
Classified under:
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
