Sphinx - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sfɪŋks|
Brit.
|sfɪŋks|
noun
- an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
- 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
- (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
- 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
Extra examples
The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion.
Word forms
noun
singular: sphinx
plural: sphinxes
singular: sphinx
plural: sphinxes
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