Pyth'o·ness noun [ Latin pythonissa : confer French pythonisse . See Pythian .] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece. 2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/206
a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. · a woman who practices divination. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/pythoness