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# sibylline

«sibylline» in Mova's school dictionary: **of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative form)

### meaning for a pupil

Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, sibylline books or oracles are old collections of prophecies that were kept and consulted for guidance.

### examples

- These oracles were collected to replace the Sibylline books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/#x1)
- The Sibylline oracles were kept in gilt chests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/#x2)
- Her answer was sibylline and puzzling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sibylline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.