Viper Definition

vīpər
vipers
noun
Any of a widespread family (Viperidae) of venomous snakes, including the pit vipers, the European adder, and the African puff adder; solenoglyph.
Webster's New World
Any of various other poisonous or supposedly poisonous snakes.
Webster's New World
A malicious or spiteful person.
Webster's New World
A treacherous person.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Viper

Noun

Singular:
viper
Plural:
vipers

Origin of Viper

  • Middle English vipere from Old French from Latin vīpera snake contraction of vīvipera vīvus alive gwei- in Indo-European roots parere to give birth perə-1 in Indo-European roots

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

  • From Latin vīpera.

    From Wiktionary

Viper Sentence Examples

  • There are several snakes, including the viper (Pelias berus).

  • Suddenly he was bitten by a viper, that had not appeared in his dream.

  • Hitherto no attempt had been made to determine what particular parts of the body were especially affected by drugs, but Fontana showed, in his great work (Florence, 1765) on the venom of the viper and on other poisons, that the general symptoms were brought about by an action on particular organs.

  • The T.3 was developed into the T.4 which had an even more powerful viper, giving it a much greater rate of climb.

  • We had a CG friend with us, which was the incredibly deadly viper, because we couldn't find one in time.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIP

Words Ending With

RERPER

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viper

Words Starting With V and Ending With R

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