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Webster 1913 Edition
Sibylline
Sib′yl-line
,Adj.
[L.
sibyllinus
.] Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
Sibylline books
. (a)
(Rom. Antiq.)
Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl.
(b)
Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They date from 100
b. c.
to a. d.
500.Webster 1828 Edition
Sibylline
SIB'YLLINE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
sibylline
sibylline
English
Michelangelo’s rendering of the Cumaean Sibyl
Alternative forms
Adjective
sibylline (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
- (by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
- mysterious
Translations
clairvoyant
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mysterious
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Anagrams
Synonyms
French
Michelangelo’s rendering of the Cumaean Sibyl
Adjective
sibylline
- feminine singular of sibyllin