Puzzling vs Sphinxlike - What's the difference?
puzzling | sphinxlike | Related terms |
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx.
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance