PYTHONESS

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• PYTHONESS (noun)
  The noun PYTHONESS has 2 senses:

1. a witch with powers of divination

2. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

  Familiarity information: PYTHONESS used as a noun is rare.

• PYTHONESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A witch with powers of divination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pythoness" is a kind of...):

witch (a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pythia; Pythoness

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)