English Explanatory Dictionary

viper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
  2. Any venomous snake.
  3. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  4. A person who smokes marijuana.

Pronunciation

/ˈvaɪpɚ/ en-us-viper.ogg

Word forms

viper vipers

Etymology

From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.

Synonyms

adder

Derived words

blunt-nosed viper carpet viper chain viper dilute Russell's viper venom time eyelash bush viper eyelash viper Gabon viper Gaboon viper green pit viper horned viper lowlands hump-nosed pit viper Nikolsky's viper nourish a viper in one's bosom pitless viper pit viper red viper Russell's viper Russell's viper venom clotting time Russell's viper venom time sand viper saw-scaled viper shore pit viper spider-tailed horned viper temple viper viperfish viperish viper's bugloss viper's grass
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