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Viper

//ˈvaɪpɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
  2. 2
    venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw wordnet
  3. 3
    Any venomous snake. informal
  4. 4
    A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. figuratively

    "And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life."

  5. 5
    A person who smokes marijuana. slang

    "Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper"

Etymology

From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.

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