sphinx-likeadj.

Etymology: < Sphinx n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsphinx-like.

Resembling (that of) the Sphinx; esp. enigmatical, mysterious, inscrutable, insoluble.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective]

secrec1386

mystica1398

mystical1516

dark1532

arcane1547

occulta1549

shadowish1561

abstruse1576

cryptical1588

shrouded (also involved, wrapped) in mysterya1616

mysterious1622

mysterial1630

cryptica1638

researched1653

rarefied1662

arcanalc1828

sphinx-like1837

sphinxine1845

abstrusive1848

Sphingine1925

1837 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 136 She was an immense creature, but young, and rather a good sphinx-like face.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 137 The sphinx-like heart..Loathes life the moment that life's riddle is read.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv. 54 ‘I know nothing. I have seen very little. I suspect every thing.’ ‘What a sphinx-like reply.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sphinx-like
释义	sphinx-likeadj. Etymology: < Sphinx n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsphinx-like. Resembling (that of) the Sphinx; esp. enigmatical, mysterious, inscrutable, insoluble. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective] secrec1386 mystica1398 mystical1516 dark1532 arcane1547 occulta1549 shadowish1561 abstruse1576 cryptical1588 shrouded (also involved, wrapped) in mysterya1616 mysterious1622 mysterial1630 cryptica1638 researched1653 rarefied1662 arcanalc1828 sphinx-like1837 sphinxine1845 abstrusive1848 Sphingine1925 1837 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 136 She was an immense creature, but young, and rather a good sphinx-like face. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 137 The sphinx-like heart..Loathes life the moment that life's riddle is read. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv. 54 ‘I know nothing. I have seen very little. I suspect every thing.’ ‘What a sphinx-like reply.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1837
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