'Pythoness' definitions:
Definition of 'pythoness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A witch with powers of divination
noun
(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles [syn: Pythia, Pythoness]
Definition of 'Pythoness'
From: GCIDE
- Pythoness \Pyth"o*ness\, n. [L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse. See Pythian.]
- 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]