1. Monstre mythologique.
2. Personnage énigmatique.
3. Papillon nocturne.
ETYM Latin, from Greek sphigx, usually derived from sphiggein to bind tight or together, as if the Throttler.
1. An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret.
2. One of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.