Pȳth'o-ness, n.
[Fr. pythonisse, from Gr. Πυθών, Πυθώ, the former name of Delphi; Gr. Πυθία (sc. ἱέρεια), Lat. Pythia. See PYTHIAN.]
Sense 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece.
Sense 2. Any female supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall.