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sibyl

English

Etymology

Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Síbulla).

Noun

sibyl (plural sibyls)

  1. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
    • : Act III, Scene IV:
      A sibyl, that had number'd in the world
      The sun to course two hundred compasses,
      In her prophetic fury sew'd the work;
    • 1922 T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland: Epigraph (translated from 61 Petronius' The Satyricon: Chapter 8, Lines 80 -86)
      I used to read these tales in Homer when I was a lad. Then the Sibyl! I saw her at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys cried to her, ‘Sibyl, what would you?' she'd answer, ‘I would die,'-- both of ‘em speaking Greek."

Translations

Anagrams

  • Sybil

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silyl

English

Etymology

sil- +? -yl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sa?l?l/

Noun

silyl (plural silyls)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) The radical SiH3 derived from silane
  2. (organic chemistry) Any similar radical in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups

Related terms

  • silanyl

Anagrams

  • silly, slily, yills

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