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sibylline (adj.)

1570s, from Latin sibyllinus, from sibylla (see sibyl).

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Definitions of sibylline from WordNet

sibylline (adj.)
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Synonyms: divinatory / mantic / sibyllic / vatic / vatical
sibylline (adj.)
having a secret or hidden meaning; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther;
Synonyms: cabalistic / kabbalistic / qabalistic / cryptic / cryptical
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