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pythoness

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py=thon=ess

CIDE DICTIONARY

pythonessn. [L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse. See Pythian.].
  •  The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pythoness, n.
1 the Pythian priestess.
2 a witch.

Etymology
ME f. OF phitonise f. med.L phitonissa f. LL pythonissa fem. of pytho f. Gk puthon soothsaying demon: cf. PYTHON

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Oracle

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