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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1654
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(Pith-,) Pythonizing, vbl. n. [Cf. med. L. pythonizare (Du Cange), mod. Eng. pythonize (1852–5). Cf. also Pithoness,n.] The action of ventriloquizing. —1654 Baillie in Dunlop P. II. 117.
And a strange kind of sighing … as a pythonizing out of the bellie of a second person