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noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English sibile, sybylle, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French sibile, from Latin ~la, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) 2. a. prophetess b. fortune-teller • ~ic or ~lic adjective • ~line adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 any of the women in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god. 2 a prophetess, fortune-teller, or witch. Etymology: ME f. OF Sibile or med.L Sibilla f. L Sibylla f. Gk Sibulla ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 12c., from O.Fr. sibile, from L. Sibylla, from Gk. Sibylla, name for any of several prophetesses consulted by ancient Greeks and Romans. Said to be from Doric Siobolla, from Attic Theoboule "divine wish." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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