Ser|pent

Ser|pent
ser|pent «SUR puhnt», noun.
1. a) a snake, especially a big snake. b) any one of various animals in legend supposed to be like a snake in shape but usually of enormous size and often living in the sea or a lake.
2. Figurative. a sly, treacherous person.
3. a bass woodwind instrument with three U-shaped turns, used especially in the 1700's and 1800's: »

The fiddles finished off with a screech, and the serpent emitted a last note that nearly lifted the roof (Thomas Hardy).

4. a firework that whizzes up with a snaky twist.
5. Archaic. any one of various animals thought of as creeping and dangerous, such as crocodiles or spiders.
╂[< Latin serpēns, -entis, (originally) present participle of serpere to creep]
Ser|pent «SUR puhnt», noun.
the Devil; Satan (in the Bible, Genesis 3:1-13).

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  • ser|pent — «SUR puhnt», noun. 1. a) a snake, especially a big snake. b) any one of various animals in legend supposed to be like a snake in shape but usually of enormous size and often living in the sea or a lake. 2. Figurative. a sly, treacherous person. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

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  • serpent — ser|pent [ˈsə:pənt US ˈsə:r ] n literary [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of serpere to creep ] a snake, especially a large one …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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