SIBYL

noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English sibile, sybylle, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French sibile, from Latin ~la, from Greek Date: 14th century any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy), 2. prophetess , fortune-teller , ~ic or ~lic adjective ~line adjective