Sibyl

or Sib·ylle

[ sib-uh l ]

/ ˈsɪb əl /

noun

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for sibylle

The underground scene and Allerleirauh, however, dissolved, as did Exquisit and Sibylle.

Communist Couture |Caroline Winter |July 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Feuillet did not abandon the novel, and in 1862 he achieved a great success with Sibylle.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 |Various
One of these novels, Sibylle, excited the anger of George Sand.

Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete |Lyndon Orr
Sibylle is a fanciful young person, who from her earliest childhood dreams of impossible things.

George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings |Rene Doumic

George Sand gives, in this novel, the counterpart of Sibylle.

George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings |Rene Doumic

British Dictionary definitions for sibylle

sibyl

/ (ˈsɪbɪl) /

noun

(in ancient Greece and Rome) any of a number of women believed to be oracles or prophetesses, one of the most famous being the sibyl of Cumae, who guided Aeneas through the underworld

a witch, fortune-teller, or sorceress

Derived forms of sibyl

sibylline (ˈsɪbɪˌlaɪn, sɪˈbɪlaɪn) or sibyllic or sibylic (sɪˈbɪlɪk), adjective

Word Origin for sibyl

C13: ultimately from Greek Sibulla, of obscure origin

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Sibyl

or Sib·ylle

noun

Example sentences from the Web for sibylle

British Dictionary definitions for sibylle

noun

Derived forms of sibyl

Word Origin for sibyl