resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
"mantic powers"
"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
having a secret or hidden meaning;
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"
"cryptic writings"
"thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
sibylline的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
In these sibylline leaves are gathered the scattered prophecies of the past upon the cases in which the axe will fall. 它們彷彿神秘的預言花瓣,每個花瓣里包裹著基於過去案件的種種預測。
形容词
經典引文
For all her sibylline grandeur, Georgina remained an aunt.
出自: E. Bowen
His Sibylline whisper would change to a louder note.