sibyl
pronunciation
How to pronounce sibyl in British English:
UK [ˈsɪbl]
How to pronounce sibyl in American English:
US [ˈsɪbəl]
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- Noun:
- a woman who tells fortunes
- (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
Word Origin
- sibyl (n.)
- "woman supposed to possess powers of prophecy, female soothsayer," c. 1200, from Old French sibile, from Latin Sibylla, from Greek Sibylla, name for any of several prophetesses consulted by ancient Greeks and Romans, of uncertain origin. Said to be from Doric Siobolla, from Attic Theoboule "divine wish."
Example
- 1. Report back to star sibyl for another cutscene . You will be promoted to rank 6 .
- 2. The texas branch of americans for prosperity gave its blogger of the year award to a young woman named sibyl west .
- 3. Only one character experiences anything like spontaneous joy , and that is sibyl vane , when she decides to abandon the artistic life and devote herself to dorian .
- 4. Tragically , sibyl does not realize that dorian has exchanged his soul for that of the painting ; like the others , she is trapped by the image 's spell .
- 5. Dorian falls for a gifted young actress named sibyl vane and then casts her aside when he determines that the joy of love has rendered her art banal . She kills herself .