单词 | pythoness |
释义 | pythoness/ˈpʌɪθənɛs /noun archaic A woman believed to be possessed by a familiar spirit and to be able to foresee the future.An elevated term for a witch was pythoness, which came to us in medieval times from medical Latin via French. OriginLate Middle English: from Old French phitonise, from an alteration of late Latin pythonissa, based on Greek puthōn 'soothsaying demon'. Compare with Pythia. |
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