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Sibylline
Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
pertaining
to or
resembling
a
sibyl
or
female
oracle
, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Having oracle-like
predicting
powers
, clairvoyant.
Occult, mysterious.
●
Excessively and
exorbitantly
expensive
. (In
allusion
to the Sibyl who
sold
three
books
to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the
original
nine.)
Noun
●
One of the Sibylline Oracles or Sibylline Books.
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Synonyms
Sibyllic
Enigmatic
Sybilline
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