| 单词 | pythoness |
| 释义 | pythoness (once / 262652 pages) n WORD FAMILY pythoness: pythonesses USAGE EXAMPLESAnd the young lady, after smilingly chiding her for her simple proceeding, taught her to smile also at the ill words of the pythoness. Watson, William Davy, Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3)—A Cornish...(2011) Not a trace of the sacred madness that uplifted the Delphian pythoness or provoked the delirious visions of a Jeremiah or an Ezekiel! Leblanc, Maurice, The Secret of Sarek(2011) The vision of the beautiful pythoness had deeply and powerfully affected the soul of Montezuma; and her closing appeal moved him even to tears. Vide, V. V., Sketches of Aboriginal Life—America...(2010) n a witch with powers of divination Hyper witch a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil Pythoness (once / 90918 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pythoness: Pythonesses USAGE EXAMPLESAs several of the fellows rose, Pearl called to them: “Where’s your Pythoness? Hill, Grace Brooks, The Corner House Girls Under Canvas...(2012) Python′ic, pretending to foretell future events, like the Pythoness: prophetic: like a python.—ns. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) Every one knows of the proceedings of the heathen oracles, the wild writhings and cries of the Pythoness and the mystic utterances of the Sibyl. Cassels, Walter Richard, Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (o...(2011) n (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles Syn|Exp Pythia Greek deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
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