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   pythoness

   /pʌɪθəˈnɛs/

   noun

   • 1. a woman believed to be possessed by a familiar spirit and to be able to foresee the future. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French phitonise, from an alteration of late Latin pythonissa, based on Greek puthōn ‘soothsaying demon’. Compare with Pythia.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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