How to pronounce“sphinx”in English
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Definitions of “sphinx”
A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
“[W]hatsoe'er of strange / Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, / Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, / Dark Æthiopia in her desert hills. / Conceals.”
A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
“...it is clear that judges are no longer required to be as passive as they once were; to be what I call sphinx judges. We now not only accept that a judge may intervene in the adversarial debate, but also believe that it is sometimes essential for him to do so for justice in fact to be done.”
To decorate with sphinxes.
“a marble sphinxed chimney-piece”
To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
“A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.”
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