Definitions
Venomous snake with hollow fangs.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life.”
“Consider, for the love of Heaven, to what you run madly: will you take this viper into your bed?”
“Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Venomous snake”5 letters
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