SIBYLLINE


Meaning of SIBYLLINE in English

adjective

also syb·il·line ˈsibəˌlīn, -ˌlēn, -_lə̇n

Etymology: Latin sibyllinus, from Sibylla sibyl + -inus -ine

1. often capitalized

a. : of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl : prophetic

the novelist … growing a little sibylline in her success — Lionel Trilling

b. : uttered or written in or as if in prophecy

a kind of Sibylline book in which ready and infallible answers will be found to problems — Times Literary Supplement

2.

a. : mysterious , cryptic , occult

thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements — John Gunther

b. : ambiguous , equivocal

utterances remained sibylline — A.R.E.Pinchot

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.