English dictionary
sphinx
/sf/I//N/ks/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
Source: WordNet 3.0
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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
Source: WordNet 3.0
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one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
Source: WordNet 3.0
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In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
Source: webster1913