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German
Etymology
Pythia + -isch
Adjective
pythisch (strong nominative masculine singular pythischer, comparative pythischer, superlative am pythischsten)
- (formal) oracular, pythonic
- Synonyms: orakelhaft, dunkel
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 332:„Na“, dachte Hans Castorp, „das ist auch so ein pythischer Spruch! Kneift man die Lippen zusammen, nachdem man ihn hingesetzt, so herrscht Einschüchterung für den Augenblick …“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “pythisch” in Duden online
- “pythisch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache