Serpent Definition

sûrpənt
serpents
noun
serpents
A snake, esp. a large or poisonous one.
Webster's New World
Satan, in the form he assumed to tempt Eve: Gen. 3:1-5
Webster's New World
A sly, sneaking, treacherous person.
Webster's New World
A firework that writhes while burning.
American Heritage
An early bass wind instrument, coiled in form, made of wood covered with leather.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

(obsolete) To wind; to encircle.

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Other Word Forms of Serpent

Noun

Singular:
serpent
Plural:
serpents

Origin of Serpent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin serpēns serpent- from present participle of serpere to creep

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin Latin serpens (“snake"), from the verb serpo (“to creep"), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

    From Wiktionary

Serpent Sentence Examples

  • While fleeing from Aristaeus, she was bitten by a serpent and died.

  • You serpent! cried several voices.

  • In the former woman appears as the serpent whose trail is over all; in the latter, written twenty-five years after the event, she is the guardian angel abused and maltreated by men.

  • This work, generally known as the chronicle of Weihenstephan, gives among other legends a curious history of the emperor's passion for a dead woman, caused by a charm given to Charles by a serpent to whom he had rendered justice.

  • Yancey expertly caught the head of the serpent between the forks of a stick and bent over to pick it up.

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Words Starting With

SSESER

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TNTENT

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