viper-likeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪpəlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪpərˌlaɪk/

Etymology: < viper n.

A. adv.

In or after the manner of a viper. Only in allusive use (see viper n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adverb] > of mother

viper-like1630

1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium x. 84 This cruell kinde thus Viper-like deuoure That fruitfull soyle which them too fully fed.

1647 J. Hall Poems i. 43 Had not thy mother born thee toothlesse, thou Hadst eaten Viper-like a passage through.

1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 141 If Absalom had not had a kingdom in his eye, he would hardly have,..viperlike, preyed upon the bowels that did feed him.

a1700 J. Dryden tr. Maimbourg Hist. League Postscr., in Wks. (1821) XVII. 162 The government in which they live, and which, viper-like, they would devour.

1729 S. Madden Themistocles (ed. 3) iv. i. 44 Can I live By Athens' Ruin, working out my Way Into the World, most Viper-like, by gnawing E'en thro' my Mother's Bowels?

1771 Kelly Clementina iii. i They'll else blast all the comforts of your life, And, viper-like, with death return your fondness.

1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 277 He couldn't bring himself at that late day to arise, viper like, from the hearthstone and smite.

B. adj.

Like or resembling a viper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [adjective] > of or relating to family Viperidae > resembling a viper

viperinec1540

viperish1863

viperiformc1882

viper-like1888

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 247 The genus Echis consists of but one species (E. carinata)... It is a viper-like snake.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 2/1 The noise of the little brass viper-like being in the corner as it whirred and hissed and snapped its teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viper-like
释义	viper-likeadv.adj. Brit. /ˈvʌɪpəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈvaɪpərˌlaɪk/ Etymology: < viper n. A. adv. In or after the manner of a viper. Only in allusive use (see viper n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adverb] > of mother viper-like1630 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium x. 84 This cruell kinde thus Viper-like deuoure That fruitfull soyle which them too fully fed. 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 43 Had not thy mother born thee toothlesse, thou Hadst eaten Viper-like a passage through. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 141 If Absalom had not had a kingdom in his eye, he would hardly have,..viperlike, preyed upon the bowels that did feed him. a1700 J. Dryden tr. Maimbourg Hist. League Postscr., in Wks. (1821) XVII. 162 The government in which they live, and which, viper-like, they would devour. 1729 S. Madden Themistocles (ed. 3) iv. i. 44 Can I live By Athens' Ruin, working out my Way Into the World, most Viper-like, by gnawing E'en thro' my Mother's Bowels? 1771 Kelly Clementina iii. i They'll else blast all the comforts of your life, And, viper-like, with death return your fondness. 1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 277 He couldn't bring himself at that late day to arise, viper like, from the hearthstone and smite. B. adj. Like or resembling a viper. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [adjective] > of or relating to family Viperidae > resembling a viper viperinec1540 viperish1863 viperiformc1882 viper-like1888 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 247 The genus Echis consists of but one species (E. carinata)... It is a viper-like snake. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 2/1 The noise of the little brass viper-like being in the corner as it whirred and hissed and snapped its teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1630
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