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pythonesque

pythonesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of a python (snake).

Adjective (1)

pythonesque (comparative more pythonesque, superlative most pythonesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a python (snake).
    • The Indians of the Amazon consider the Mai d’agoa, a pythonesque snake, to be the guardian of the Wild Lake of the Amazon.1997, Grace Hallworth, Mermaids and Monsters: Stories from the Sea, London: Mammoth, →ISBN, page 3
    • Two fire signs, talented Aries and intelligent snake, combine to make a more powerful, pythonesque snake.1999 [1996], Bridget Tanguay, Collins Gem: Chinese Astrology, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 139

Adjective (2) capitalized: Pythonesque

Pythonesque (comparative more Pythonesque, superlative most Pythonesque)

  1. Farcically surreal or absurd.

Adjective (3) capitalized: Pythonesque

Pythonesque (comparative more Pythonesque, superlative most Pythonesque)

  1. (informal) Typical of, or suited to, the Python programming language.
    • The module works by wrapping the C-extended Tkinter module into Pythonesque classes.2001, Andy Duncan, Sean Hull, Oracle and Open Source: Tools and Applications
    • If you want to cut out a third line, you can rewrite the above with a lambda function, which turns four lines into one (how very Pythonesque).2003, Richard Hightower, Python Programming with the Java Class Libraries

Forms of pythonesque

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Origin of pythonesque

From python + -esque.

From the name of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, referring to their signature type of humour.

Questions about pythonesque

What does pythonesque mean?
Pythonesque means resembling or characteristic of a python (snake).
What part of speech is pythonesque?
Pythonesque is an adjective.

Words near pythonesque in the dictionary

  1. pythogenesis
  2. pythogenic
  3. python
  4. Pythoneer
  5. Pythoneers
  6. pythonesque
  7. pythoness
  8. pythonesses
  9. pythonic
  10. pythonical
  11. pythonid

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