pythonesque

See also: Pythonesque

English

Etymology

From python +‎ -esque.

Adjective

pythonesque (comparative more pythonesque, superlative most pythonesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a python (snake).
    • 1997, Grace Hallworth, Mermaids and Monsters: Stories from the Sea, London: Mammoth, →ISBN, page 3:
      The Indians of the Amazon consider the Mai d’agoa, a pythonesque snake, to be the guardian of the Wild Lake of the Amazon.
    • 1999 [1996], Bridget Tanguay, Collins Gem: Chinese Astrology, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 139:
      Two fire signs, talented Aries and intelligent snake, combine to make a more powerful, pythonesque snake.
    • 2021, Anne M, Smith-Nochasak, A Canoer of Shorelines, Victoria, BC: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 3:
      I saw my middle-aged brother stuffing a garter snake through a tiny hole in the screen, the snake inflating, pythonesque.
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