What is another word for pythoness?

Pronunciation: [pˈa͡ɪθə͡ʊnəs] (IPA)

Pythoness is an outdated term used to describe a female oracle or prophetess in ancient Greece. The word is derived from the Greek word Pythia, which referred to the priestess of Apollo at the temple of Delphi. Today, the term pythoness is rarely used, and several synonyms can be used to describe female seers or diviners. Some possible synonyms include prophetess, oracle, seeress, diviner, forecaster, soothsayer, clairvoyant, mystic, and visionary. These terms refer to individuals who claim to possess the supernatural ability to predict the future or communicate with the divine. While the concept of prophecy and divination remains prevalent in some cultures, the use of the term pythoness is no longer an acceptable or common practice.

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What are the hypernyms for Pythoness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Pythoness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for pythoness (as nouns)

Usage examples for Pythoness

In conversation she was as copious and oracular as Coleridge, brilliant as Sterling, pungent and paradoxical as Carlyle; gifted with the inspired powers of a pythoness, she saw into the hearts and over the heads of all who came near her, and, but for a sympathy as boundless as her self-esteem, she would have despised the whole human race!
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
"Has it never occurred to you," she asked, slowly, with her pythoness air, "that there are murders and murders?
"Hilda Wade A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose"
Grant Allen
I replied in terms, the obscurity of which would have done credit to a professed pythoness, and I left Esther to translate the answer into common sense, and find a meaning in it.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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