sib·yl·line

(sĭb′ə-līn′, -lēn′) also si·byl·ic or si·byl·lic (sĭ-bĭl′ĭk)

adj.

1. Coming from, characteristic of, or relating to a sibyl.

2. Prophetic; oracular.

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Adj.	1.	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"
	2.	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

adjective

Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:

augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.

Translations

sibyllin

helderziendsibillijns

sibylline

[ˈsɪbɪlaɪn] ADJ → sibilino

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sibylline

adj (lit) → sibyllinisch; (fig) → prophetisch

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