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Definition: Pythoness |
PythonessNoun1. A witch with powers of divination. 2. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pythoness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Etymology: Pythoness \Pyth"o*ness\, noun. [Latin expression pythonissa: compare to the French expression pythonisse. See Pythian.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Pythoness" is a common misspelling or typo for: pithiness. |
Synonym: PythonessSynonym: Pythia (n). (additional references) |
| 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: Pythoness |
| English words defined with "pythoness": Phitoness. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Pythoness (1951) | |
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| Language | Translations for "pythoness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | profete (prophetess, Sibyl), orakulle e delfit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гадателка (fortune teller), вещица (hag, hellcat, hex, witch), пития (pythian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìštkynì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πύθια (pythia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jósnõ (prophetess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ythonesspay pitonisa. (various references) пифия. (various references) pitija, vračara (fortune teller), gatara. (various references) pitonisa. (various references) orakelprästinna. (various references) falcı kadın (fortune teller, Sibyl, wise woman). (various references) піфія (pythia). (various references) cô h"n, b cốt, b đ"ng (psychic, sibyl, sybil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pythoness": pythonesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pythoness" (pronounced 'Pyth"o*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-n-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: hypnoses. | |
-2 letters: honesty, hotness, phoneys, phytons, poshest, pythons, stepson, syphons, typhons, typhose. | |
-3 letters: estops, ethnos, honest, honeys, hysons, hyssop, netops, noshes, onsets, pestos, phones, phoney, physes, phyton, pontes, posset, ptoses, pyoses, python, sepoys, setons, shotes, shyest, stenos, stones, stoney, stopes, synths, syphon, tepoys, tophes, toshes, typhon. | |
-4 letters: estop, ethos, hents, hests, hones, honey, hopes. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-n-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hypotenuses, phenocrysts, pythonesses. | |
+3 letters: autohypnoses, hypotensions, hypotensives, hypothenuses, polyanthuses. | |
+4 letters: attorneyships, hypertensions, hyposensitize, physostigmine, pyrotechnists. | |
+5 letters: hyposensitized, hyposensitizes, photosynthates, photosyntheses, photosynthesis, physostigmines. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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