sibyllic
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sib·yl·line
(sĭb′ə-līn′, -lēn′) also si·byl·ic or si·byl·lic (sĭ-bĭl′ĭk)adj.
1. Coming from, characteristic of, or relating to a sibyl.
2. Prophetic; oracular.
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Adj. | 1. | sibyllic - 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" prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" |
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