HyperDic: sphingine

English > 1 sense of the word sphingine:
ADJECTIVEpertsphingineresembling a sphinx
English > sphingine: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
Meaningresembling a sphinx.
Example"a sphingine smile"
Spanishde esfinge
Nounssphinxone of a number of large stone / stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

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