Sib"yl (?), n. [L. sibylla, Gr. .]
1. Class. Antiq.
A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.
⇒ The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy.
2.
A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
"An old highland
sibyl."
Sir W. Scott.
© Webster 1913.