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pythonic

[pahy-thon-ik, pi-]

adjective

of or pertaining to pythons.

pythonlike.

gigantic or monstrous.

Origin:
1855–60; python¹ + -ic

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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adjective

prophetic; oracular.

Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin pythōnicus < Greek pythōnikós prophetic. See python², -ic

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python (ˈpaɪθən)

—n
	any large nonvenomous snake of the family Pythonidae of Africa, S Asia, and Australia, such as Python reticulatus (reticulated python). They can reach a length of more than 20 feet and kill their prey by constriction

[C16: New Latin, after Python]

pythonic

—*adj*

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