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wyvern

/ˈwaɪvən/US/ˈwaɪvəɹn/

wyvern noun: a draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

wyvern: a draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail
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Noun

wyvern (plural wyverns)

  1. A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
    • [I]f (notwithstanding his obligations to the three ermines passant) he sometimes cursed in his heart the jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons, with all the bitterness of Hotspur himself, there were moments when these communications interested his fancy and...1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], “Castle-Building”, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
    • Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.1940-54 The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222

wyvern meaning in Marathi

wyvern in Marathi

mythical dragon-like creature
वाय्व्हर्न vāyvharna

Forms of wyvern

pluralwyverns
alternative formwivern
alternative formwiver
alternative formwyver

Origin of wyvern

Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Vulgar Latin *vivra, *vibra, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper. Related to viviparous.

Questions about wyvern

What does wyvern mean?
Wyvern means a draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
What is wyvern in Marathi?
Wyvern in Marathi is वाय्व्हर्न (vāyvharna). See Wyvern meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is wyvern?
Wyvern is a noun.
How do you pronounce wyvern?
Wyvern is pronounced /ˈwaɪvən/ (UK).
What is the plural of wyvern?
The plural of wyvern is wyverns.

Words near wyvern in the dictionary

  1. Wytrzyszczka
  2. wyueles
  3. Wyuna
  4. Wyuna East
  5. wyver
  6. wyvern
  7. wyverns
  8. wyvers
  9. wyves
  10. Wywoda
  11. wz

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