| 单词 | sibylline |
| 释义 | sibylline (once / 11749 pages) adj The adjective sibylline means "having a secret meaning" or "foretelling the future," like a fortune teller whose crystal ball reveals a sibylline message about what will happen. If you can predict the meaning of the word sibylline, you may come from a family of psychics — or you may have a background in Greek mythology. The word has origins in the Greek word Sibulla, meaning "prophetess." Back in the times of the Greeks and Romans, a sibyl was a female oracle who delivered cryptic prophecies foretelling the future, often inspired by the deities. The adjective sibylline describes such talents or the messages they reveal. WORD FAMILYsibylline USAGE EXAMPLESIt is as old as the sibylline books. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) “We need to take her with us—I mean, for her own safety. If Octavian finds out Ella has the Sibylline Books memorized...” Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune(2011) But “The Judas Kiss” still seems to take place in the cave of some Sibylline oracle, where we have gathered to hear wise pronouncements. New York Times(May 17, 2016) 1adj resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions Syn divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical prophetic, prophetical foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention 2adj having a secret or hidden meaning "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther Syn cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
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