SIBYL


Meaning of SIBYL in English

■ noun (in ancient times) a woman supposedly able to utter the prophecies of a god.

↘ literary a woman able to foretell the future.

Derivatives

~line adjective

Origin

from OFr. Sibile or med. L. Sibilla , via L. from Gk Sibulla .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.