sibylline

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adjective

1. having a secret or hidden meaning
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
• Syn:
cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical
• Similar to:
esoteric
• Derivationally related forms:
qabala (for: qabalistic), kabbala (for: kabbalistic), cabala (for: cabalistic)
2. 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
• Syn:
divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
• Similar to:
prophetic, prophetical
• Derivationally related forms:
sibyl (for: sibyllic), divine (for: divinatory)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical