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Definition: PYTHIAN |
PYTHIANAdjective1. Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. |
Date "PYTHIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Etymology: Pythian \Pyth"i*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Pythius, Greek belonging to Pytho, the older name of Delphi and its environs: compare to the French expression pythien.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Oracle | Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PYTHIAN |
| English words defined with "PYTHIAN": Pythiad. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PYTHIAN": Pythonic. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pythian Pilgrimage to Plymouth, July 30, 1921, Commemorating the Tercentenary Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims; Elmer L. Elliott, Grand Chancellor. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "PYTHIAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "PYTHIAN" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "PYTHIAN": pythian games. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pythian | 4 |
knight pythian | 3 |
pythian sister | 2 |
camp pythian youth | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PYTHIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بيثيادي ذو علا قة بالإله الإغريقي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аполон, пития (pythoness), питийски, делфийски (delphian, delphic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pythique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | püthiai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ythianpay pítico, relativo pítia. (various references) пифический. (various references) pitijski. (various references) pitio, pítico. (various references) pythisk. (various references) піфійський. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PYTHIAN" (pronounced 'Pyth"i*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-n-p-t-y" | |
-1 letter: hatpin, painty. | |
-2 letters: inapt, paint, panty, patin, pinta, pithy. | |
-3 letters: anti, ayin, hant, hint, nipa, pain, pant, path, paty, phat, pian, pina, pint, piny, pita, pith, pity, pyin, tain, than, thin, tiny, tyin. | |
-4 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, any, apt, hap, hat, hay, hin, hip, hit, hyp, nah, nap, nay, nip, nit, nth, pah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-n-p-t-y" | |
+2 letters: antipathy, antiphony, hypanthia, hypotonia, plaything, polyanthi, sympathin. | |
+3 letters: atrophying, hypanthium, hypertonia, hypotonias, playthings, sympathins. | |
+4 letters: amphictyony, antiphonary, antityphoid, diaphaneity, hypertonias, hyphenating, hyphenation, misanthropy, phantasying, pharyngitis, phytoalexin, platyrrhine, retinopathy, rhinoplasty, staphylinid, sycophantic. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphy, amphictyonic, anaphylactic, antiphonally, asphyxiating, asphyxiation, attorneyship, autohypnosis, autohypnotic, hyphenations, hypnotically, hypnotizable, hypoxanthine, inhospitably, intrapsychic, lycanthropic, phenotypical, philanthropy, phonetically, photodynamic, phytoalexins, platyrrhines, scintigraphy, staphylinids, sycophantish, sycophantism, sympathising, sympathizing, triumphantly, typographing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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