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English
Noun
Sybil (plural Sybils)
- Prophetess; hag.
- Alternative form: sybil
1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. , volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., , →OCLC, page 90: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.
- (computer security) Ellipsis of Sybil attack.
Proper noun
Sybil
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century.
1845, 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
Translations
female given name
— see SibylAnagrams