sib|yl|line

sib|yl|line
sib|yl|line «SIHB uh leen, -lyn, -lihn», adjective.
1. of or like a sibyl; prophetic; mysterious: »

... a numerical code... [that] seemed to be a row of sibylline figures (New Yorker).

2. said or written by a sibyl: »

the Sibylline books, a sibylline oracle.


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