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Sybil
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English
Noun
Prophetess; hag.
en sybil
II 90 IV The Library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sybil—if Sybil she were, was seated snugly enough in an easy chair at the chimney-corner.
en computer security en Sybil attack.
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century.
en 1845 w:Benjamin Disraeli Sybil, Book 3, Chapter 5 "I beg your pardon," said Egremont blushing; "I was reading your name. I thought I was reading it to myself. Sybil Gerard! What a beautiful name is Sybil!" "My mother's name," said Gerard; "and my grandame's name, and a name I believe that has been about our hearth as long as our race; and that's a very long time indeed," he added smiling, "for we were tall men in King John's reign, as I have heard say."
Derived terms
en Sybil attack
Translations
female given name Sibyl
Anagrams
en bilsy Sibyl sibyl
en eponyms