Word: 'sibyl' • Extended Annotations

sibyl

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Ancestral Lore of sibyl

circa 1200, "woman who possess powers of prophecy, female soothsayer"

Latin Sibylla, -ae "prophetess, sibyl"

sibyl noun

sibyl noun

any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
prophetess; fortune teller

sibylline adjective

Specific examples and quotes of sibyl

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Latin saga, -ae, specifically female noun and sense: "wise woman, sorceress, seeress, sibyl"
adjective: Latin sagus, saga, sagum

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

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