python

[ pahy-thon, -thuh n ]

/ ˈpaɪ θɒn, -θən /

noun

any of several Old World boa constrictors of the subfamily Pythoninae, often growing to a length of more than 20 feet (6 meters): the Indian python, Python molurus, is endangered.

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Words nearby python

pythiad, pythian, pythian games, pythias, pythogenic, python, pythonesque, pythoness, pythonic, pyuria, pyx

Origin of python

1580–90; < New Latin; special use of Python¹

Definition for python (2 of 4)

python²

[ pahy-thon, -thuh n ]

/ ˈpaɪ θɒn, -θən /

noun

a spirit or demon.

a person who is possessed by a spirit and prophesies by its aid.

Origin of python

1595–1605; < Late Greek pȳ́thōn; relation to Python¹ unclear

Definition for python (3 of 4)

Python¹

[ pahy-thon, -thuh n ]

/ ˈpaɪ θɒn, -θən /

noun Classical Mythology.

a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged. He was finally killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site.

Origin of Python

1390–1400; Middle English, from Latin Pȳthōn, from Greek Pȳ́thōn

Definition for python (4 of 4)

Python²

[ pahy-thon ]

/ ˈpaɪ θɒn /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

an open-source, high-level programming language known for its readability and support for multiple programming styles, and, due to its many libraries, a large range of applications.

Origin of Python

coined in 1989 by Python's creator Guido van Rossum after the comedy troupe Monty Python

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Examples from the Web for python

The press release had stated that the show would feature “classic Python material with modern topical twists.”
Monty Python—Not Dead Yet|Tom Sykes|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As Not the Nine o'Clock News, a spiritual successor to Python, once put it: “These men died for us – frequently.”
Why You're Wrong About Monty Python|Tom Doran|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
During one of his infamous animal interactions, Johnny Carson got up close and very personal with a Burmese python.
Johnny Carson’s Greatest Moments From Carnac to a Python Grapple|Brittany Jones-Cooper|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The president is at the end of this pig in the python of the cohorts, while I am at the front.
Obama's Head-in-the Sand Budget|John Batchelor|February 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

My reverie is quickly interrupted: As I stuff the python into the bag, it spews out a variety of secretions.
How to Catch a Giant Python|Catharine Skipp|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Bennett felt, as every layman feels when arguing with a lawyer, as if he were in the coils of a python.
The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Cradock thought they would kill him; although he did not know that even the python succumbs to them.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
The python on the branch, I imagine, is often engaged in "cutting out."
All Men are Ghosts|L. P. Jacks
Nor is it an ignoble office to be thus shapers only of great thinkers' thoughts—Python interpreters to oracles.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862|Various
At the end I perceived two figures standing as if in silent guard on each side of a door tapestried with the python's skin.
Prince Zaleski|M.P. Shiel

British Dictionary definitions for python (1 of 2)

python

/ (ˈpaɪθən) /

noun

any large nonvenomous snake of the family Pythonidae of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, such as Python reticulatus (reticulated python). They can reach a length of more than 20 feet and kill their prey by constriction

Derived forms of python

pythonic (paɪˈθɒnɪk), adjective

Word Origin for python

C16: New Latin, after Python

British Dictionary definitions for python (2 of 2)

Python

/ (ˈpaɪθən) /

noun

Greek myth a dragon, killed by Apollo at Delphi

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