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SIBYLLINE
cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline
(adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning; “cabalistic symbols engraved in stone”; “cryptic writings”; “thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements”- John Gunther
divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sibylline (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books. [from late 16th c.]
Synonym: sibyllic
(by extension) Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.
Mysterious.
Synonym: enigmatic
Anagrams
• sybilline
Source: Wiktionary
Sib"yl*line, a. Etym: [L. sibyllinus.]
Definition: Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They date from 100 b. c. to a. d. 500.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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