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viperine

viperine adjective: of, relating to or resembling a viper.

Adjective

viperine (comparative more viperine, superlative most viperine)

  1. Of, relating to or resembling a viper

Noun

viperine (plural viperines)

  1. Any viper of the subfamily Viperinae.

Forms of viperine

Adjective
comparativemore viperine
superlativemost viperine
Noun
pluralviperines

Origin of viperine

From Latin viperinus. Compare French vipérin. By surface analysis, viper + -ine.

Questions about viperine

What does viperine mean?
Viperine means of, relating to or resembling a viper.
What part of speech is viperine?
Viperine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near viperine in the dictionary

  1. viperid
  2. viperidic
  3. viperids
  4. viperiform
  5. viperin
  6. viperine
  7. viperines
  8. viperins
  9. viperish
  10. viperishly
  11. viperishness

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