Serpent
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English
Noun
Serpent (plural Serpents)- A snake.
- (music) A musical instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
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Adjectives for Serpent
poisonous; fiery; gilt; immense; treacherous; cursed; troubled; traitorous; writhing; lumbering; belligerent; venomous; monstrous ; swollen.
Verbs for Serpent
exhibit—; slay—; —beguiles; —buzzes; — churns; -coils; —entwines; —glides; — hisses; —rustles; —sibilates; —spirals; — stings; —strikes; —struggles; —uncoils; -— undulates; —writhes; —envenoms.
Thesaurus
Apollyon, Beelzebub, Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Lucifer, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Quisling, Satan, alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, animal, archtraitor, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, beast, betrayer, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses, bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cockatrice, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean, cur, diablo, dog, double agent, double-bell euphonium, double-crosser, double-dealer, euphonium, fiend, helicon, horn, hound, hunting horn, hyena, informer, insect, intrigant, intriguer, key trumpet, lituus, lur, machinator, mellophone, mongrel, ophicleide, ophidian, orchestral horn, pig, pit viper, plotter, pocket trumpet, polecat, post horn, quisling, rat, reptile, sackbut, saxhorn, saxtuba, schemer, sea snake, skunk, slide trombone, sliphorn, snake, sousaphone, swine, tenor tuba, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, tromba, trombone, trumpet, tuba, turncoat, valve trombone, valve trumpet, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm
Etymology
From Latin Latin serpens (“snake”), from the verb serpo (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
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Catalan
Noun
Serpent m. and f. (plural Serpents)
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Dutch
Noun
Serpent n.
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French
Noun
Serpent m. (plural Serpents)
Etymology
Latin serpentem, accusative form of serpens.
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Latin
Verb
serpent
- third-person plural future active indicative of serpō
Middle French
Noun
Serpent m. (plural serpenz)
Etymology
Latin, stem of serpens.
Descendants
- French: serpent
Old French
Noun
Serpent m. (oblique plural serpenz, nominative singular serpenz, nominative plural serpent)
Etymology
Latin, stem of serpens.
Descendants
Romansch
Noun
Serpent m. (plural Serpents)
Alternative forms
- (Vallader) serpaint
Etymology
From Latin serpēns, serpentem.
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