viperine

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"And now if you will shut the door, Carlin A great cry from Carlin answered Thick and viperine, the thing looked, as it hurled forward.

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  1. adjective Of, resembling, or characteristic of a viper.

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  • But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving , for the turning down one street instead of another. —  The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 1845-1846
  • "And now if you will shut the door, Carlin A great cry from Carlin answered Thick and viperine, the thing looked, as it hurled forward. —  Son of Power
  • In fact I have long left off thinking that logic proves anything--it doesn't_, you know But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving_, for the turning down one street instead of another. —  The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
  • The result will be an amalgam of viperine credentialism and crude collectivism, if such a monster can be imagined. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • His broad cheekbones and narrow chin gave his face something of the viperine V. —  The Door in the Wall and Other Stories
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  1. from Latin viperinus, of or like a viper, from vipera, a viper, serpent: see viper.
 

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/ˈv&ɪəml;pərɪn/
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