sphinxlike

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Definition of sphinxlike word

adjective sphinxlike like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable 0

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sphinxlike popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for sphinxlike

adj sphinxlike

alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.

adjective sphinxlike

enigmatic — Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.

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