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sibyl noun. . ME.
[Old French Sibile (mod. Sibylle), or medieval Latin Sibilla, from Latin Sibylla, -ulla from Greek Sibulla.]
(Usu. Sibyl.) Any of various women in classical antiquity supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god. ME.
transf. A prophetess; a fortune-teller. M16.
si'byllic adjective (chiefly poet.) = SIBYLLINE adjective 1, 2a M19.
sibyllism noun prophecy, soothsaying M19.
Sibyllist noun an early Christian believer in the authenticity of the Sibylline oracles E17.
siby'llistic adjective (rare) = SIBYLLINE adjective 1, 2a L18.