sibylline

«sibylline» in Mova's school dictionary: of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (no comparative form)

meaning for a pupil

Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare) tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, sibylline books or oracles are old collections of prophecies that were kept and consulted for guidance.

examples

• These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books. tree →
• The Sibylline oracles were kept in gilt chests. tree →
• Her answer was sibylline and puzzling. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sibylline» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.