sphinx plural
sphinx
The plural form of sphinx is sphinxes
S sDefinitions
- noun plural sphinx a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza. 1
- noun plural sphinx (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a monster, usually represented as having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Seated on a rock outside of Thebes, she proposed a riddle to travelers, killing them when they answered incorrectly, as all did before Oedipus. When he answered her riddle correctly the Sphinx killed herself. 1
- noun plural sphinx any similar monster. 1
- noun plural sphinx a mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, especially one given to enigmatic questions or answers. 1