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sibylline

Main Entry:: sib·yl
Pronunciation:: \ˈsi-bəl\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often capitalized
Etymology:: Middle English sibile, sybylle, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French sibile, from Latin sibylla, from Greek
Date:: 14th century

1: 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 a: prophetess b: fortune-teller

— si·byl·ic or si·byl·lic

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\sə-ˈbi-lik\ adjective

— sib·yl·line

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\ˈsi-bə-ˌlīn, -ˌlēn\ adjective

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