† porphyren.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French porphyre.

Etymology: < Middle French, French †porphyre (1532 in Rabelais), apparently < post-classical Latin porphyrius (although this is first attested later: see quot. 1584) < ancient Greek πορϕύρεος (adjective) purple < πορϕύρα (noun) purple (see purpure n. and adj.) + -εος, suffix forming adjectives.

Obsolete.

A purple snake (not identified).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

worm-kinc893

slow-wormOE

hagworm?c1475

salpege1569

scytale1572

house snake1608

porphyre1608

ellops1667

sea-serpent1672

tree-serpent1731

boyuna1763

whip-snake1774

garter-snake1775

switch-snake1791

argus-snake1802

rat snake1818

skaapsteker1818

sea-snake1827

short-tail1879

roof-snake1884

brown snake1896

herald-snake1910

night snake1918

parrot snake1931

1584 R. Greene Arbasto 31 He resembleth the serpent Porphirius, who is full of poison, but being toothlesse hurteth none but him selfe.]

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 214 Of the Porphyre. There is among the Indians a Serpent about the bignes of a spanne or more, which in outward aspect is like to the most beautifull and well coloured purple.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	porphyre
释义	† porphyren. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French porphyre. Etymology: < Middle French, French †porphyre (1532 in Rabelais), apparently < post-classical Latin porphyrius (although this is first attested later: see quot. 1584) < ancient Greek πορϕύρεος (adjective) purple < πορϕύρα (noun) purple (see purpure n. and adj.) + -εος, suffix forming adjectives. Obsolete. A purple snake (not identified). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of worm-kinc893 slow-wormOE hagworm?c1475 salpege1569 scytale1572 house snake1608 porphyre1608 ellops1667 sea-serpent1672 tree-serpent1731 boyuna1763 whip-snake1774 garter-snake1775 switch-snake1791 argus-snake1802 rat snake1818 skaapsteker1818 sea-snake1827 short-tail1879 roof-snake1884 brown snake1896 herald-snake1910 night snake1918 parrot snake1931 1584 R. Greene Arbasto 31 He resembleth the serpent Porphirius, who is full of poison, but being toothlesse hurteth none but him selfe.] 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 214 Of the Porphyre. There is among the Indians a Serpent about the bignes of a spanne or more, which in outward aspect is like to the most beautifull and well coloured purple. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1608
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