Baffling is a related term of sphinxlike.
As adjectives the difference between baffling and sphinxlike
is that baffling is puzzling and frustrating while sphinxlike is like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx.
As a verb baffling
is .
As a noun baffling
is an act of foiling or thwarting.
baffling
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
An act of foiling or thwarting.
* 1831 , The Quarterly Review (London)
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sphinxlike
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx.
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance