sibylline

/ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/adj
High School
1

Of or pertaining to or resembling a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.

2

Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.

3

Occult, mysterious.

4

Excessively and exorbitantly expensive. (In allusion to the Sibyl who sold three books to Tarquinius Superbus at the price of the original nine.)

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