sphinxes

Meanings

Noun

• an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
• (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
• 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
• plural of sphinx

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of sphinx

Synonyms

Sphinx, sphinx