Definition of sphinx
English to English noun - an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
source: WordNet 3.0 - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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
source: WordNet 3.0 - In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
source: Webster 1913
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sphinx, spink, spying, siping, spinus, sapiens, spinous, spaying, spinach, shaping, spinoza, spinose, supping, seeping, shaving, sopping, spinning, siphonic, spinster, spinacia
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