sphinxlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sphinx +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

sphinxlike (comparative more sphinxlike, superlative most sphinxlike)

  1. Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion
    • 2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine[1]:
      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.
  2. Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance