Overview of adj sibylline
The adj sibylline has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical -- (resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions")
2. cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline -- (having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther)
Antonyms of adj sibylline
2 senses of sibylline
Sense 1
divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
INDIRECT (VIA prophetic) -> unprophetic
Sense 2
cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline
INDIRECT (VIA esoteric) -> exoteric
Similarity of adj sibylline
2 senses of sibylline
Sense 1
divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
=> prophetic (vs. unprophetic), prophetical
Sense 2
cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline
=> esoteric (vs. exoteric)
Attributes of adj sibylline
Familiarity of adj sibylline
sibylline used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj sibylline
sibylline
Overview of adj sibylline
The adj sibylline has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical -- (resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions")
2. cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline -- (having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther)
sibylline definition
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