Definition of sibylline Sibylline
We found 6 definitions of sibylline from 4 different sources.
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What does sibylline mean?
WordNet
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| sibylline - having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther | ||
| cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical | ||
| esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" | ||
| sibylline - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" | ||
| divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical | ||
| prophetic, prophetical foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sibylline (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books . - sibylline (Adjective)
Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sibylline (a.)
Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
