English Explanatory Dictionary

pythonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to an oracle or prophet, or to the telling of prophecies; oracular, prophetic.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“of or pertaining to, or resembling, the Python in Ancient Greek mythology, a serpent which lived at Delphi (regarded as the centre of the Earth) until it was killed by Apollo; (figurative) enormous; monstrous”).
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“using the idioms of the Python programming language”).
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, the Python in Ancient Greek mythology, a serpent which lived at Delphi (regarded as the centre of the Earth) until it was killed by Apollo.
  2. Enormous; also, monstrous.
  3. Using the idioms of the Python programming language.

Pronunciation

/paɪˈθɒnɪk/ /pɪ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pythonic.wav /paɪˈθɑnɪk/ /paɪˈθɒ.nɪk/ /paɪˈθɑ.nɪk/

Word forms

pythonic more pythonic most pythonic

Etymology

From python (“snake of the family Pythonidae”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Python is derived from Latin Pȳthōn, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn, “Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the mythical serpent”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”) or *puH- (“foul, rotten”)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives).

Synonyms

augural panomphean Pythian Pythic pythonical ample big cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous giant grand great hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine elephantic enormous gargantuan giantesque gigantesque

Antonyms

unpythonic

Related words

pythonical
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