pythonic

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[ pahy-thon-ik, pi- ]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to pythons.

  2. similar to a python; pythonlike.

  1. gigantic or monstrous.

Origin of pythonic

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First recorded in 1855–60; python1 + -ic

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Other definitions for pythonic (2 of 2)

pythonic2
[ pahy-thon-ik, pi- ]

adjective
  1. prophetic; oracular.

Origin of pythonic

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First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin pythōnicus, from Greek pythōnikós; equivalent to python2 + -ic

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How to use pythonic in a sentence

  • Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.

  • Those who came after these were the first who gained skill in divination from entrails, and attained the pythonic art.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX | Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
  • The pythonic allegory which the Greeks have so obscured, in reality originated in this religious transaction.