writinggame (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} writinggame) wrote,@ 2008-05-01 14:51:00 |
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sphinx (sfingks) noun
http://wordsmith.org/words/sphinx.html
A mysterious, inscrutable person.
[After Sphinx, a winged monster in Greek mythology who had a woman's head and a lion's body. It killed anyone who was not able to answer its riddle. From Greek sphinx (literally, strangler), from sphingein (to bind tight), also the source of the word sphincter.]
