sphinx

Etymology
From, from , from , perhaps either from (whence also ), of  origin, or from.

Noun

 * 1)  A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
 * 2) A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
 * 3)  A mandrill, formerly classified as a baboon, and called.
 * 4) A sphinx moth.
 * 5)  A sphincter.
 * 1) A sphinx moth.
 * 2)  A sphincter.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَبُو الهَوْل
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: esfinxe
 * Basque: esfinge
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 獅頭人像
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: sfinks
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sfinkso
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: sfinksur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სფინქსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Σφίγξ
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スフィンクス, 人獅, 人頭獅身, 獅子女
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: sfinksas
 * Malay: sfinks
 * Marathi: स्फिंक्स
 * Norwegian: sfinks
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: esfinge
 * Romagnol:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: сфинга, sfinga
 * Slovak: sfinga
 * Spanish: esfinge
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: espinghe
 * Thai: สฟิงซ์
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: nhân sư
 * Volapük:, hisfin, jisfin


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: esfinge
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To decorate with sphinxes.
 * 2)  To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
 * 3)  To be inscrutable, often through silence.
 * 4)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
 * 1)  To be inscrutable, often through silence.
 * 2)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
 * 1)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
 * 1)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
 * 1)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
 * 1)  To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.

Etymology
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Etymology
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