Definitions
small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
Word origin
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
Used in a sentence
“Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder, which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.”
“These include the county's [Cumbria's] only venomous snake - the adder - which relies on exposed elements to successfully breed its young.”
“They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Common European snake”5 letters
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