PYTHONESS


Meaning of PYTHONESS in English

■ noun archaic a woman believed to be possessed by a spirit and to be able to foresee the future.

Origin

ME: from OFr. phitonise , from an alt. of late L. pythonissa , based on Gk puthōn 'soothsaying demon'; cf. Pythian .

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