| 单词 | adder-tongued |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadder-tongued adder-tongued adj. (a) (of a plant) having parts resembling the tongue of an adder (rare); (b) (of a person) using malicious or offensive language; spiteful. ΚΠ 1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 97 Adder-tongued-leaved Epidendrum. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. viii. 209 What was it the old, adder-tongued madwoman dared to say of Clara Mowbray? 1938 Texas Geogr. Mag. 2 i. 26/1 The smallest of the adder-tongued ferns..is a most common midwinter plant. 2001 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Living section) 8 Graham is..playing the leading role, the adder-tongued know-it-all Sheridan Whiteside. < as lemmas |
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