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adder — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration (by false division of a naddre) of naddre, from Old English nǣdre; akin to Old High German nātara adder, Latin natrix water snake Date: 14th century 1. the common venomous viper (Vipera berus) of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
nadder — ˈnadə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English naddre more at adder dialect : adder * * * nadder, naddre etc., obs. forms of … Useful english dictionary
A and an — function as the indefinite forms of the grammatical article in the English language and can also represent the number one. An is the older form (related to one , cognate to German ein ; etc), now used before words starting with a vowel sound,… … Wikipedia
Juncture loss — (also known as junctural metanalysis, false splitting, misdivision, refactorization, or rebracketing) is the linguistic process by which two words (often an article and a noun) become partially or wholly affixed. Some examples would be if a… … Wikipedia
Rebracketing — For the process by which the elements of a word are given new meanings, see Folk etymology. Contents 1 Role in forming new words 2 Examples 3 … Wikipedia
adder — Common name for many members of the family Viperidae (the vipers), applied to several genera, although true adders are of the genus Vipera. [M.E. naddre, fr. O.E. naedre] * * * ad·der ad ər n 1) the common venomous European viper of the genus… … Medical dictionary
adder — ad|der [ˈædə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: a nadder, mistaken for an adder; nadder adder (11 17 centuries) from Old English nAddre] a type of poisonous snake … Dictionary of contemporary English
adder — adder1 noun a small venomous snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. [Vipera berus.] ↘used in names of similar or related snakes, e.g. death adder, puff adder. Word History Adder comes from the Old English word… … English new terms dictionary
adder — ► NOUN ▪ a venomous snake with a dark zigzag pattern on its back. ORIGIN Old English nædre «serpent, adder»; the initial n was lost by wrong division of a naddre … English terms dictionary
adder — n. any of various small venomous snakes, esp. the common viper, Vipera berus, the only poisonous snake in Great Britain. Phrases and idioms: adder s tongue any fern of the genus Ophioglossum. Etymology: OE naeligdre: n lost in ME by wrong… … Useful english dictionary
