pythoness

py·tho·ness

a priestess of Apollo at Delphi
any woman soothsayer; prophetess

Origin of pythoness

Middle English phitonesse from Middle French phitonise from Medieval Latin phytonissa from Ecclesiastical Late Latin pythonissa from Classical Greek Pyth?n from Pyth?: see Pythian

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noun

Greek Mythology A priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
A prophetess.

Origin of pythoness

Middle English phitonesse from Old French phitonise from Late Latin péthonissa from Greek Pūthōn Python ; see Python ¹.

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Noun

(plural pythonesses)

Alternative capitalization of Pythoness
A female soothsayer

Origin

See Pythoness.

Noun

(plural pythonesses)

A female python.

Origin

python +"Ž -ess

Noun

(plural Pythonesses)

(history) The priestess of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.

Origin

From Late Latin pythonissa, from Ancient Greek Î Ï…Î¸Î¯Î± (Puthia). Compare Pythia.

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