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noun
Idiom1.
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
2.
any related snakes belonging to the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, venom-conducting fangs.
4.
any of various venomous or supposedly venomous snakes.
5.
EXPANDa malignant or spiteful person.
6.
a false or treacherous person.
7.
COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) Military. a 9-pound (4 kg), shoulder-launched, unguided U.S. Army antitank rocket with an effective range of 273 yards (250 meters).
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to nourish a viper in one's bosom, to befriend a person who proves to be treacherous.
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Origin:
1520–30; < Latin vīpera, haplological variant of *vīvipera, noun use of feminine of *vīviper, later (as re-formation) vīviparus viviparous
1520–30; < Latin vīpera, haplological variant of *vīvipera, noun use of feminine of *vīviper, later (as re-formation) vīviparus viviparous
Related forms
vi·per·ish, adjective
vi·per·ish·ly, adverb
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viper
c.1520, from M.Fr. vipere, from L. vipera "viper, snake, serpent," from vivus "alive, living" (see vital) + parere "bring forth, bear" (see pare). It formerly was believed (mistakenly) that the viper does not lay eggs. Applied to persons of spiteful
EXPANDcharacter since at least 1591. The only venomous snake found in Great Britain. Replaced native adder. "The flesh of the viper was formerly regarded as possessing great nutritive or restorative properties, and was frequently used medicinally" [OED]; hence viper wine, wine medicated with some kind of extract from vipers, used 17c. by "gray-bearded gallants" in a bid "to feele new lust, and youthfull flames agin."
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