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Sphinx
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 sphinx
An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret.
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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2 Sphinx
Greek mythology A riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon.
Nederlands: Sfinx, sphynx
Pools: sfinks
3 sphinx
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.
Nederlands: Sfinx, sfinx
Pools: sfinks
Roget 520:
equivocalness
etc.
adj.;
double meaning
etc.
516;
ambiguity,
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.],
pun,
paragram†,
calembour†,
quibble,
equivoque [Fr.],
anagram;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
play on words,
word play
etc.
(wit)
842;
homonym,
homonymy [Gramm.];
amphiboly†,
amphibology†;
ambilogy†,
ambiloquy†.
Sphinx,
Delphic oracle.
equivocation
etc.
(duplicity)
544;
white lie,
mental reservation
etc.
(concealment)
528;
paltering.
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Roget 513:
oracle;
prophet,
prophesier,
seer,
soothsayer,
augur,
fortune teller,
crystal gazer†,
witch,
geomancer†,
aruspex†;
aruspice†,
haruspice†;
haruspex;
astrologer,
star gazer†;
Sibyl;
Python,
Pythoness†;
Pythia;
Pythian oracle,
Delphian oracle;
Monitor,
Sphinx,
Tiresias,
Cassandra†,
Sibylline leaves;
Zadkiel,
Old Moore;
sorcerer
etc.
994;
interpreter,
etc.
524.
[person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means]
predictor,
prognosticator,
forecaster;
weather forecaster,
weatherman.
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Roget 533:
secret;
dead secret,
profound secret;
arcanum†,
mystery;
latency
etc.
526;
Asian mystery†;
sealed book,
secrets of the prison house;
le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma,
riddle,
puzzle,
nut to crack,
conundrum,
charade,
rebus,
logogriph†;
monogram,
anagram;
Sphinx;
crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze,
labyrinth,
Hyrcynian wood;
intricacy,
meander.
problem
etc.
(question)
461;
paradox
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
unintelligibility
etc.
519;
terra incognita
etc.
(ignorance)
491.
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