SPHINX

/sfɪŋks/ ► audio Scrabble 18 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. noun an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret.
  2. noun (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body.
  3. noun one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.

Examples

  • “a marble sphinxed chimney-piece”
  • “A hot lion with a very bloated stomach ... will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.”
  • “(1900) The sphinxèd riddle of the Universe / Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?”

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