sibyllic

He had created it after going into a sibyllic trance of five days, during which he had drunk champagne and black coffee, and ridden about in hansoms, delicately brushing his nose with a genuine California poppy from the Monterey garden of R.  L.

The Job An American Novel Sinclair Lewis 1918

But they did know the four simple rules of arithmetic, and could say the epigrammatic rhymes of the old New England Primer and the sibyllic formulas of the Assembly's Catechism as glibly as the child of to-day repeats "The House That Jack Built."

Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918

De Luca says, bore titles that were enigmatical and sibyllic, as, for example, the prefect of the per obitum, the prefect of the concessum, the cashier of the componenda, an officer of the missis, and the like.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

She remembered now the sibyllic words of the young minister: "You, too, must tread the wine-press alone," and felt that the garments of her soul were taking the dye, the purple stain of the wine of trial.

Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice Augusta Jane 1864

line [ˈsɪbɪˌlaɪn sɪˈbɪlaɪn], sibyllic, sibylic [sɪˈbɪlɪk]

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