pythonic

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1. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.

   The blue glitter of Mr Kelly's eyes in the uttermost depths of their orbits became fixed, then veiled by the classical pythonic glaze.

   1938, Samuel Beckett, chapter 2, in Murphy, London: Picador, Pan Books, published 1973, →ISBN, page 17

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1. Of or pertaining to an oracle or prophet, or to the telling of prophecies; oracular, prophetic.

   And if it be his [Andreas Schott's] Opinion there vvas no ſuch Thing as a Pythonick Spirit, I vviſh he vvould read the Anſvver Father [Jean-François] Baltus has vvrit to Mr. [Bernard Le Bovier de] Fontenelle’s Book of Oracles, […]

   1724, John Beaumont, “A Discourse of the Oracles Deliver’d at Delphos, and the Other Temples of the Gentiles; and of the Cessation of Them, both among the Jews and Gentiles”, in Gleanings of Antiquities. […], London: […] J. Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 147

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   [Verse 10] Neither let there be found among you any one that ſhall expiate his ſon or daughter, making them to paſs through the fire: or that conſulteth ſoothſayers, or obſerveth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard, / [Verse 11] Nor charmer, nor any one that conſulteth pythonick ſpirits, or fortune-tellers or that ſeeketh the truth from the dead.

   1750, The Holy Bible […] Newly reviſed, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. (Douay–Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision), Deuteronomy 18:10–11, pages 364–365

   [T]he ſpirit from ſimilar affection favours the thoughts or principles of the man, […] The Pythonic ſpirits of old vvere ſuch, as alſo the Magi in Egypt and Babel, vvho vvere called vviſe men, on account of their talking vvith ſpirits, and plainly feeling their operation upon them.

   1792, William Spence, “Concerning His Gracious Majesty’s Lately Distressing Illness, It’s Cause and Cure; with Some Account of Talking with Spirits, Magic and Magnetism”, in Essays in Divinity and Physic, Proving the Divinity of the Person of Jesus Christ, and the Spiritual Sense of Scripture: […], London: […] R[obert] Hindmarsh, […] [a]nd sold by H. D. Symonds, […]; and R. Faulder, […], →OCLC, page 66

   There may be those who will here ask, Why are these necromantic or pythonic practices ever permitted? […] [T]o those who know nothing of the Word, these evils may not be sins at all. […] To such, and for the same reason, the Pythonic oracles at Delphi, at Dodona, and at the temple of Ammon in Lybia, were means of good.

   1858, Warren Goddard [et al.], “Summing Up and Application of the Evidence, and Conclusions Drawn therefrom”, in The Pythonism of the Present Day. The Response of the Ministers of the Massachusetts Association of the New Jerusalem to a Resolution of that Association Requesting Their Consideration of What is Usually Known as Modern Spiritualism. […], Boston, Mass.: George Phinney, […] [for the Massachusetts Association of the New Jerusalem], →OCLC, page 37

   Here is what we read in Deuteronomy, Chap. XVIII: "Neither let there be found among you any one that … consulteth soothsayers … or pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead. For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them."

   1919, W[illiam] R[ichard] Harris, “Demoniacal Possession”, in Essays in Occultism, Spiritism, and Demonology, St. Louis, Mo.; London: B[artholomäus] Herder Book Co. […], →OCLC, page 137

   Synonyms: augural, panomphean, Pythian, Pythic, pythonical

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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”).

1. not comparablecomputingAlternative letter-case form of Pythonic (“using the idioms of the Python programming language”).

   Antonyms: unpythonic

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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. figurativelyEnormous; also, monstrous.

   Synonyms: ample, big, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable, exceeding, expansive

3. computingUsing the idioms of the Python programming language.

   The Pythonic style isn't regimented or enforced by the compiler. It has emerged over time through experience using the language and working with others.

   2015 February 12, Brett Slatkin, Effective Python, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 1

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   Pythonic code—when you first hear of it, you might think it is a programming paradigm, similar to object-oriented or functional programming. While some of it could be considered as such, it is actually more of a design philosophy.

   2016 August 31, Fabrizio Romano, Dusty Phillips, Rick van Hattem, Python: Journey from Novice to Expert, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 850

   Synonyms: Pythonesque · Antonyms: unpythonic