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viper

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪpɚ/

The English word “viper” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
  2. Any venomous snake.
  3. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  4. A person who smokes marijuana.

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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