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▪ I. pythonic, a.1|paɪ-, pɪˈθɒnɪk|
[ad. L. pȳthōnic-us, a. Gr. πῡθωνικός prophetic, f. Πῡ́θων python2. Cf. OF. phitonique in same sense.]
Of or pertaining to divination; prophetic, oracular.
1658Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 70 They sought counsel of them that prophesie of future things, by a Pythonick or divellish spirit. 1825T. M. Harris Nat. Hist. Bible s.v. Asp, A young woman [Acts xvi. 16] who had a pythonic spirit. 1906G. G. Coulton St. Francis to Dante 82 Which was as much as to consult a pythonic spirit.
▪ II. pythonic, a.2|paɪ-, pɪˈθɒnɪk|
[f. python1 + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling (a) the python of mythology, or (b) the pythons of natural history; python-like, monstrous, huge.
1860C. Sangster Hesperus, etc. 85 Wrestling with some Pythonic wrongs. 18..Science VII. 242 (Cent.) A new species of reptile..almost pythonic in structure. 1903Blackw. Mag. Apr. 504/1 Huge wooden sheds and pythonic iron pipes. |