androsphinx

[ an-druh-sfingks ]

noun

plural androsphinxes, androsphinges

1. a sphinx with the head of a man.

androsphinx

/ ˈændrəˌsfɪŋks /

noun

1. a sphinx having the head of a man

Word History and Origins

Origin of androsphinx¹

From Greek, dating back to 1600–10; andro-, sphinx

Example Sentences

Sometimes the androsphinx has human hands in place of the lion's paws.

From Project Gutenberg

He stood looking up at a pair of bronze griffins that crouched on the top of the rosewood bookcase, and the gas-light falling full on his face, showed his stern, massive features, which, in their granitic cast, reminded Edna of those Egyptian Androsphinx—vast, serene, changeless.

From Project Gutenberg