[sfɪŋks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a winged monster having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide



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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Sphinx, apparently from sphingein ‘draw tight’