sybil

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Определение sybil в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A female given name, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century

I beg your pardon, said Egremont blushing; I was reading your name. I thought I was reading it to myself. Sybil Gerard! What a beautiful name is Sybil! My mother's name, said Gerard; and my grandame's name, and a name I believe that has been about our hearth as long as our race; and that's a very long time indeed, he added smiling, for we were tall men in King John's reign, as I have heard say..

prophetess; hag

tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sybil — if Sybil she were, was seated snugly enough in an easy chair at the chimney-corner.

the most popular spelling of Sibyl

Связанные Термины

Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike

born Oct. 24, 1882, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng. died June 9, 1976, London British actress. As a member of the Old Vic company in London (1914-18), she became a leading tragic actress. Noted for her versatility in modern and classic plays, she originated the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (1924). She managed several London theatres, and she often costarred with her husband, the actor-director Lewis Casson, in her more than five decades in the theatre

Dame Sybil Thorndike

born Oct. 24, 1882, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng. died June 9, 1976, London British actress. As a member of the Old Vic company in London (1914-18), she became a leading tragic actress. Noted for her versatility in modern and classic plays, she originated the title role in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan (1924). She managed several London theatres, and she often costarred with her husband, the actor-director Lewis Casson, in her more than five decades in the theatre

Расстановка переносов

Syb·il

Турецкое произношение

sîbîl

Произношение

/ˈsəbəl/ /ˈsɪbɪl/