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Etymology

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From viper +‎ -ous.

Adjective

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viperous (comparative more viperous, superlative most viperous)

  1. of or pertaining to a viper
  2. venomous, malicious or treacherous
    • 1820, Charles Materin, Melmoth the Wanderer:
      viperous as the suicide foam of captive Judas (iii)

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