anguineadj.

Brit.

/ˈaŋɡwʌɪn/,

/ˈaŋɡwɪn/, U.S.

/ˈæŋɡwaɪn/,

/ˈæŋɡwɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anguīnus.

Etymology: < classical Latin anguīnus of a snake, consisting of snakes, resembling that of a snake < anguis snake ( < the same Indo-European base as Old Prussian angis , Lithuanian angis , Polish wąż snake, Russian už grass snake) + -īnus -ine suffix¹.With anguine lizard n. at Compounds compare scientific Latin Lacerta anguina (1758; the lizard is now called Chamaesaura anguina).

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent; snakelike. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii4 Four sorts of Cucurbites, the greater, the lesser..or the anguine.

1836 A. Herbert Britannia after Romans I. p. xxxii Neither oak, nor misletoe, nor anguine egg, nor woad-painted skin, may be met with even incidentally in the pages of Tysilio.

1871 J. S. Le Fanu Tenants of Malory xi. 54 Her beautiful eyebrows wore that anguine curve, which is the only approach to a scowl which painters accord to angels.

1879 Nature 9 Oct. 553/1 I found a beautiful brown and yellow lizard, freely protruding in its fear a forked anguine tongue, and anxious to escape.

1964 Negro Digest Feb. 74 How long will the poison hiss From its warped tongue, And the twist of its anguine body Strangle the young?

2010 J. H. Charlesworth Good & Evil Serpent iv. 131 The amount of anguine iconography from the Greek or Roman world is remarkable.

2. Zoology. Originally: resembling a snake, esp. in having reduced or absent limbs. In later use also: of or relating to the subfamily Anguinae of lizards, which includes slow worms and glass lizards.

ΚΠ

1841 R. E. Grant Outl. Compar. Anat. ii. vii. 631 The affinity of the anguine serpents to saurian reptiles, so obvious in most parts of their structure, is seen also in the presence of a urinary bladder in these species.

1860 F. Mason Nat. Prod. Burmah (ed. 2) 305 Limbless lizard... Form anguine, of nearly uniform bulk throughout, tapering suddenly at the extremity of the tail; no exterior trace of limbs.

2003 E. R. Pianka & L. J. Vitt Lizards (2006) xii. 231/2 Two anguine genera and the anniellines (Anniella) are completely limbless.

2012 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 32 865/1 Pseudopus laurillardi, which is the second to appear in the fossil record.., shares only one of these anguine features.

Compounds

anguine lizard n. (a) a South African legless lizard, Chamaesaura anguina (family Cordylidae), having reduced monodactylous limbs (now rare); (b) any of various legless lizards of the subfamily Anguinae, which includes slow worms and glass lizards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Cordylidae > member of (snake)

snakec1000

cordyl1608

anguine lizard1776

zonure1883

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > member of

ribbon snake1706

riband snake1791

anguine lizard1973

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iii. 25 (heading) Anguine lizard... It seems to be of that kind which connects the serpent and lizard genus, having a long and very slender body, and very small legs.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §501 The Anguine Lizard, also a native of South Africa.

1965 Lammergeyer 3 No. 2 45 Chamaesaura anguina (Linnaeus). Cape Snake-lizard or Anguine Lizard.

1973 Soviet Jrnl. Developmental Biol. 3 396 Experiments were performed on the embryos of two species of reptiles: the green lizard Lacerta viridis..and the anguine lizard Anguis fragilis.

1987 Jrnl. Herpetol. 21 129/2 The geographic distribution of ‘anguine’ lizards spans much of the northern hemisphere.

1995 Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. (ed. 8) 1913/2 Subfamily: Anguine Lizards (Anguinae).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	anguine
释义	anguineadj. Brit. /ˈaŋɡwʌɪn/, /ˈaŋɡwɪn/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡwaɪn/, /ˈæŋɡwɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anguīnus. Etymology: < classical Latin anguīnus of a snake, consisting of snakes, resembling that of a snake < anguis snake ( < the same Indo-European base as Old Prussian angis , Lithuanian angis , Polish wąż snake, Russian už grass snake) + -īnus -ine suffix¹.With anguine lizard n. at Compounds compare scientific Latin Lacerta anguina (1758; the lizard is now called Chamaesaura anguina). 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent; snakelike. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii4 Four sorts of Cucurbites, the greater, the lesser..or the anguine. 1836 A. Herbert Britannia after Romans I. p. xxxii Neither oak, nor misletoe, nor anguine egg, nor woad-painted skin, may be met with even incidentally in the pages of Tysilio. 1871 J. S. Le Fanu Tenants of Malory xi. 54 Her beautiful eyebrows wore that anguine curve, which is the only approach to a scowl which painters accord to angels. 1879 Nature 9 Oct. 553/1 I found a beautiful brown and yellow lizard, freely protruding in its fear a forked anguine tongue, and anxious to escape. 1964 Negro Digest Feb. 74 How long will the poison hiss From its warped tongue, And the twist of its anguine body Strangle the young? 2010 J. H. Charlesworth Good & Evil Serpent iv. 131 The amount of anguine iconography from the Greek or Roman world is remarkable. 2. Zoology. Originally: resembling a snake, esp. in having reduced or absent limbs. In later use also: of or relating to the subfamily Anguinae of lizards, which includes slow worms and glass lizards. ΚΠ 1841 R. E. Grant Outl. Compar. Anat. ii. vii. 631 The affinity of the anguine serpents to saurian reptiles, so obvious in most parts of their structure, is seen also in the presence of a urinary bladder in these species. 1860 F. Mason Nat. Prod. Burmah (ed. 2) 305 Limbless lizard... Form anguine, of nearly uniform bulk throughout, tapering suddenly at the extremity of the tail; no exterior trace of limbs. 2003 E. R. Pianka & L. J. Vitt Lizards (2006) xii. 231/2 Two anguine genera and the anniellines (Anniella) are completely limbless. 2012 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 32 865/1 Pseudopus laurillardi, which is the second to appear in the fossil record.., shares only one of these anguine features. Compounds anguine lizard n. (a) a South African legless lizard, Chamaesaura anguina (family Cordylidae), having reduced monodactylous limbs (now rare); (b) any of various legless lizards of the subfamily Anguinae, which includes slow worms and glass lizards. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Cordylidae > member of (snake) snakec1000 cordyl1608 anguine lizard1776 zonure1883 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > member of ribbon snake1706 riband snake1791 anguine lizard1973 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iii. 25 (heading) Anguine lizard... It seems to be of that kind which connects the serpent and lizard genus, having a long and very slender body, and very small legs. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §501 The Anguine Lizard, also a native of South Africa. 1965 Lammergeyer 3 No. 2 45 Chamaesaura anguina (Linnaeus). Cape Snake-lizard or Anguine Lizard. 1973 Soviet Jrnl. Developmental Biol. 3 396 Experiments were performed on the embryos of two species of reptiles: the green lizard Lacerta viridis..and the anguine lizard Anguis fragilis. 1987 Jrnl. Herpetol. 21 129/2 The geographic distribution of ‘anguine’ lizards spans much of the northern hemisphere. 1995 Van Nostrand's Sci. Encycl. (ed. 8) 1913/2 Subfamily: Anguine Lizards (Anguinae). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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