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viper
/ˈvaɪpɚ/
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What does viper mean?
noun
- A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- (informal) Any venomous snake.
- (figuratively) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (slang) A person who smokes marijuana.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvaɪpɚ/
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Now the viper dies, For all his den's close winding, and with scales Erect the astonied water-worms.
“He steals, you know, alas! Par ta Madonne! I believe he would put poison in your food and mine—the viper!”
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William Oliver, a viper catcher at Bath, was the first who discovered that, by the application of olive oil, the bite of the viper is effectually cured.
Galen reports, that a man happened to be cured of a leprosy by drinking wine out of a vessel into which a viper had crept by chance.
Marcellus Donatus records an instance in which a viper, which had previously crawled into the mouth, had been passed by the anus.