sphingine
Examples
“For whenever she asked him how much he had written, he regularly answered 'Nothing,' smiling at her meanwhile that courteous and Sphingine smile⟳ which Mrs Aldwinkle always found so baffling, so pre-eminently 'queer'.”
“The word I was looking for, I suppose⟳, was "sphingine" – I thought of the baleful prehistoric smile⟳ of the Mycenaean women.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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