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sibylline

[ sib-uh-leen, -lahyn, -lin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin Sibyllīnus “pertaining to a sibyl”; sibyl, -ine ¹

It is reported that a woman called Amalthæa, from a foreign country, came to Tarquin the Proud to sell nine sibylline books.

The door opened, and Frulein's head appeared, solemn and sibylline, with tears shining behind her spectacles.

The sibylline volume of man's history is open before us, and every page of it is written in blood or tears.

Time is like the Sibylline leaves, getting more precious the less there remains of it.

The thoughts of these men are like the Sibylline leaves, profound but lost.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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