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Definition of Sibyllic
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. "A kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
Exact synonyms: Divinatory, Mantic, Sibylline, Vatic, Vatical
Similar to: Prophetic, Prophetical
Derivative terms: Divine, Sibyl, Sibyl
Similar to: Prophetic, Prophetical
Derivative terms: Divine, Sibyl, Sibyl
Definition of Sibyllic
1. sibyl [adj] - See also: sibyl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sibyllic
Literary usage of Sibyllic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Prophecy in England by Rupert Taylor (1911)
"An interesting combination of the sibyllic and the ... or the sibyllic P.
shall preach, R. shall reach, S. shall stand stiff P. presbytery, R. Roundhead, ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Its sibyllic splendor is beaming With Hope and in Beauty to-night:— See !—it
flickers up the sky through the night t Ah, we safely may trust to its gleaming ..."
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