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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) 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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