sphinxlike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx, especially, not showing passion or emotion; inscrutable.
adj
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance.
Example Sentences
- "What about Mrs. Cavendish? I watched her as she sat at the head of the table, graceful, composed, enigmatic. In her soft grey frock, with white ruffles at the wrists falling over her slender hands, she looked very beautiful. When she chose, however, her face could be sphinx-like in its inscrutability."
- "they get together in the dry riverbed. He writhes over her for a minute or two as she sits sphinxlike, dignified, head straight in the air."
- "Mrs. Mallowe smiled in a superior and Sphinx-like fashion."
- "“What we need to avoid at the end is a headline that says ‘Russia Won, America Lost.’” A sphinxlike response. Or perhaps a nonresponse."
Etymology
Etymology tree English sphinx Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English sphinxlike From sphinx + -like.
Inflected Forms
more sphinxlike (comparative)
most sphinxlike (superlative)
sphinx-like (alternative)