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pythoness¹
Where it comes from
See Pythoness.
noun pythonesses
- Alternative letter-case form of Pythoness
- A female soothsayer
pythoness²
Where it comes from
From python + -ess.
noun pythonesses
- A female python. On the fifteenth of January, it was discovered that the pythoness had excluded rather more than a hundred dirty-white, leathery-looking eggs.
Pythoness³
Where it comes from
From Late Latin pythonissa, from Ancient Greek Πυθία (Puthía). Compare Pythia.
noun Pythonesses
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The priestess of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
The office of Pythoness appears not to have been desirable. Either the emanations from the cavern, or some art of the managers, threw her into real convulsions. Priests entitled prophets led her to the sacred tripod, force being often necessary for that purpose, and held her on it till her frenzy ro
Similar: Pythia
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noun female soothsayer
| Русский | прорица́тельница proricátelʹnica, вещу́нья veščúnʹja, предсказа́тельница predskazátelʹnica |
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title = {pythoness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
