English adjective: sibylline | |||
1. | sibylline resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | ||
Samples | The high priest's divinatory pronouncement. Mantic powers. A kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions. | ||
Synonyms | divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical | ||
Similar | prophetic, prophetical | ||
Antonyms | unprophetic | ||
2. | sibylline having a secret or hidden meaning | ||
Samples | Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone. Cryptic writings. Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements. | ||
Synonyms | cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic | ||
Similar | esoteric | ||
Antonyms | exoteric | ||