viperiform
English edit
Etymology edit
From viper + -i- + -form.[1][2]
Adjective edit
viperiform (comparative more viperiform, superlative most viperiform)
- Resembling a viper; viperine.
- 1883 July, “Snakes”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, volume CLVIII, number CCCXXIII, London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer; Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 222:
- These snakes have a decidedly viperiform look about them; the head is broad and triangular, the neck narrow, and the body robust.
References edit
- ^ “viperiform, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “viperiform”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
