sphinxlike
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
sphinxlike (comparative more sphinxlike, superlative most sphinxlike)
- 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.
- Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance