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What is the adjective for sphinges?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sphinx which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sphinxlike
  1. Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx.
  2. Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Ask Fossett to explain his motivation and he is characteristically sphinxlike.”
      “It is tempting to describe her as sphinxlike, but then the Sphinx did occasionally speak in public.”
      “I thought it best to maintain a sphinxlike expression on my way back into the house.”
sphingian
  1. Of or relating to a sphinx
sphinxed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sphinx
sphinxing
  1. present participle of sphinx
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