ˈsilə noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Scylla (now Scilla ), headland on the Italian coast projecting into the Strait of Messina opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the Sicilian coast, from Latin, from Greek Skylla
: a destructive peril — usually used as the alternative to Charybdis
the Scylla of incomprehensibility and the Charybdis of inaccuracy have both been avoided — Times Literary Supplement