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sphinx | false |

As a proper noun sphinx

is .

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

sphinx

English

(wikipedia sphinx)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
  • * Shelley
  • Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, / Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx
  • A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person.
  • Cynocephalus sphinx , a kind of baboon.
  • A sphinx moth.
  • (rare) A sphincter.
  • * 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 836:
  • Constance said boastfully, ‘My sphinxes are strong and in good repair. I order you to come.’

    Synonyms

    * enigma

    Derived terms

    * sphinx moth * sphingian

    Hyponyms

    * androsphinx * criosphinx * gynosphinx

    See also

    * chimera

    Verb

  • To decorate with sphinxes
  • a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
  • To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
  • A hot lion with a very bloated stomach ... will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
    Several animals maintained either a crouched ... or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)
  • To be inscrutable, often through silence
  • (1900') ''The '''sphinxèd riddle of the Universe / Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?
    (1933') ''Janet Gaynor, so they tell, is '''sphinxing it and has gone into a Retirement, with "Nothing to Say — Please Go Away" written on the doormat.
    (1934') ''The men of science will climb grassy hillsides of [Easter] island to peer at hundreds of great stone faces that have so far out-'''sphinxed the sphinx in determined silence about the past.
    (1954') ''"What are you two '''sphinxing about?" said Jessica, but her husband said Never mind
    (1964') ''What with Fisher whole-hogging on one side, and K. of K. '''sphinxing on the other, Churchill had his work cut out to get any sort of agreement at all.
  • To make one guess at the unknowable
  • (1933') ''Perhaps Nature is '''sphinxing us on purpose. Whatever her objects may be, perhaps she gets her work done better when she appeals to our gambling instincts. If you knew for certain exactly how your marriage was going to turn out ...
  • To befuddle
  • (2010') ''She swiveled and '''sphinxed Giles. 'And you, I suppose you've never been here either?' Giles squirmed. 'Well, I – that is, Miss Wh—, I mean, Miss Taylor, I –' He looked to me for rescue.
  • For the feminine to co-opt, dominate, or devour the masculine, especially from a paranoid fear of this happening
  • (1986') ''modernism's fears of being '''sphinxed by a feminized mass culture
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    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
  • , title= A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society , section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

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