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viper

Western diamondback rattlesnake (*Crotalus atrox*)

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#VIPER Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-#VIPER

From Middle French Category:English terms borrowed from Middle French#VIPER Category:English terms derived from Middle French#VIPER vipere, from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#VIPER vipre, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#VIPER vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) +‎ parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvernCategory:English doublets#VIPER.

Pronunciation

Noun

viper (plural vipers)Category:English lemmas#VIPER Category:English nouns#VIPER Category:English countable nouns#VIPER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#VIPER Category:Pages with entries#VIPER Category:Pages with 1 entry#VIPER

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
Synonym: adder
(informal Category:English informal terms#VIPER) Any venomous snake.
(figurative) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 62:
  And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life.
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- 1879, Francis Beaumont, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 1, D. Appleton, page 350:
  Consider, for the love of Heaven, to what you run madly: will you take this viper into your bed?
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- 1990 December 16, Gianni Comes, “Not Just Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 4:
  Then there's the heterosexual, open-mined ^[sic] entourage who loves us dearly and are our best friends. They laugh at our humor and understand our sorrow. For they are rare and unique in prison. But the vipers always ruin things. They refer to our straight friends as "Closet-Cases," "Undercovers," and "Flip-Floppers."
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(slang Category:English slang#VIPER) A person who smokes marijuana.
- a. 1936, Stuff Smith, “If You're a Viper”:
  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
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- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:viper.

Translations

a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae

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Abkhaz: а-маҭаԥшь (a-matapš)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#VIPER, а-хымаҭ (a-xəmat)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#VIPER
Afrikaans: adder (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#VIPER
Albanian: shlligë (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#VIPER, nepërkë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#VIPER, rrëshajë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#VIPER
Arabic: أَفْعًى (ʔafʕan)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#VIPER
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: אכדנא f (’ekidnā’)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#VIPER

Syriac: ܐܟܕܢܐ f (’ekidnā’)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#VIPER
Armenian: իժ (hy) (iž)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#VIPER
Aromanian: vipirã fCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#VIPER
Azerbaijani: gürzəCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#VIPER
Belarusian: гадзю́ка f (hadzjúka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#VIPER
Bulgarian: усойница (bg) f (usojnica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#VIPER, пепеля́нка (bg) f (pepeljánka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#VIPER
Catalan: escurçó (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#VIPER
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毒蛇 (zh) (dúshé)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#VIPER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#VIPER, 蝰蛇 (zh) (kuíshé)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#VIPER Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#VIPER
Czech: zmije (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#VIPER
Dalmatian: carnoit mCategory:Terms with Dalmatian translations#VIPER
Dutch: adder (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#VIPER
Egyptian:
Demotic Egyptian: fꜣy (fay)Category:Terms with Demotic Egyptian translations#VIPER
Esperanto: vipero (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#VIPER, vipuro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#VIPER
Estonian: rästik (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#VIPER
Finnish: kyy (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#VIPER, kyykäärme (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#VIPER
Franco-Provençal: crotâl mCategory:Terms with Franco-Provençal translations#VIPER, vipèra fCategory:Terms with Franco-Provençal translations#VIPER
French: vipère (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#VIPER
Frisian:
West Frisian: njirre cCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#VIPER
Friulian: lipare fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#VIPER, vipare fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#VIPER
Galician: víbora (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#VIPER
Georgian: გველგესლა (gvelgesla)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#VIPER, გველი (ka) (gveli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#VIPER
German: Kreuzotter (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#VIPER, Otter (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#VIPER, Viper (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#VIPER
Greek: έχιδνα (el) f (échidna)Category:Terms with Greek translations#VIPER, οχιά (el) f (ochiá)Category:Terms with Greek translations#VIPER
Ancient Greek: ἔχιδνα f (ékhidna)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#VIPER
Hebrew: צפע (he) m (tséfa)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#VIPER
Hindi: वाइपर m (vāipar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#VIPER
Hungarian: vipera (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#VIPER
Icelandic: höggormur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#VIPER
Ido: vipero (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#VIPER
Indonesian: beludak (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#VIPER
Ingrian: jaadumatoCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#VIPER, kirjava matoCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#VIPER, gadjukkaCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#VIPER
Irish: nathair fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#VIPER
Istriot: beîpara fCategory:Terms with Istriot translations#VIPER
Italian: vipera (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#VIPER
Japanese: 毒蛇 (ja) (どくへび, doku-hebi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#VIPER, クサリヘビ (kusari-hebi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#VIPER, 鎖蛇 (ja) (くさりへび, kusari-hebi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#VIPER
Korean: 독사(毒蛇) (ko) (doksa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#VIPER
Latin: vipera fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#VIPER
Latvian: odzeCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#VIPER
Laz: კანთხა (ǩantxa)Category:Terms with Laz translations#VIPER
Lithuanian: angis fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#VIPER
Low German: Adder (nds) fCategory:Terms with Low German translations#VIPER; Krüüzadder fCategory:Terms with Low German translations#VIPER, Kriizadder fCategory:Terms with Low German translations#VIPER
Macedonian: отровница f (otrovnica)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#VIPER
Maltese: lifgħaCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#VIPER
Middle English: viperaCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#VIPER
Norwegian: huggorm nCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#VIPER
Persian: گرزه‌مار (garze-mâr)Category:Terms with Persian translations#VIPER, گرزه (fa) (garze)Category:Terms with Persian translations#VIPER
Piedmontese: vipra fCategory:Terms with Piedmontese translations#VIPER
Polish: żmija (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#VIPER
Portuguese: víbora (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#VIPER
Romanian: năpârcă (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#VIPER, viperă (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#VIPER
Romansh: vipra fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#VIPER
Russian: гадю́ка (ru) f (gadjúka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#VIPER
Sanskrit: पृदाकु (sa) m (pṛdāku)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#VIPER
Slovene: gad mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#VIPER
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zmija fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#VIPER
Spanish: víbora (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#VIPER, timbo (es) m or fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#VIPER, tamagás mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#VIPER
Swedish: huggorm (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#VIPER
Tagalog: ulupongCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#VIPER
Tocharian B: arṣākloCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#VIPER
Turkish: engerek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#VIPER
Ukrainian: гадю́ка (uk) f (hadjúka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#VIPER
Welsh: gwiber fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#VIPER, neidr ddu fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#VIPER

adder — see adder

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