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Definition sphinx

Etymology

Noun

sphinx (plural sphinxes or sphinges)

1. (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
2. A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person.
3. Cynocephalus sphinx, a kind of baboon.
4. A sphinx moth.
5. (rare) A sphincter.

Verb

sphinx (third-person singular simple present sphinxes, present participle sphinxing, simple past and past participle sphinxed)

1. To decorate with sphinxes
2. To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
3. To be inscrutable, often through silence
4. To make one guess at the unknowable
5. To befuddle
6. For the feminine to co-opt, dominate, or devour the masculine, especially from a paranoid fear of this happening

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