Sibyllist

noun

Sib·​yl·​list

-lə̇st

plural -s

: one who believes in sibylline prophecies

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek sibyllistēs interpreter of the Sibylline Oracles, from Greek Sibylla sibyl + -istēs -ist

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