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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sphinx /sfɪŋks/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. sphinx•es, sphin•ges /ˈsfɪndʒiz/USA pronunciation . - Ancient Historyan ancient Egyptian figure with the body of a lion and the head of a human, esp. a very large stone figure of this type near the pyramids of Giza.
- a creature in Greek myth with wings, a woman's head, and a lion's body:The sphinx killed anyone passing by who was unable to answer the riddle she posed.
- a mysterious person or thing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sphinx (sfingks),USA pronunciation n., pl. sphinx•es, sphin•ges (sfin′jēz).USA pronunciation - Fine Art(in ancient Egypt)
- Ancient Historya figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.
- (usually cap.) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- Mythology(cap.) [Class. Myth.]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.
- Mythologyany similar monster.
- a mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, esp. one given to enigmatic questions or answers.
- Greek sphínx, equivalent. to sphing-, base of sphíngein to hold tight (compare sphincter) + -s nominative singular ending
- Latin
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sphinx /sfɪŋks/ n ( pl sphinxes, sphinges /ˈsfɪndʒiːz/)- any of a number of huge stone statues built by the ancient Egyptians, having the body of a lion and the head of a man
- an inscrutable person
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