单词 | sibyllistic |
释义 | Sibyllisticadj. rare. Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, the Sibyls. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > relating to an oracle > relating to the Sibyls Sibylline1579 Sibyllistic1797 1797 T. Green Diary Lover of Lit. (1810) 39 The sudden and violent transitions..from sibyllistic fury to colloquial familiarity. 1853 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 559 The sybilistic Latin inscription..has sometimes driven curious travellers frantic to discover its purport. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1797 |
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