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serpent

[ sur-puhnt ]

noun

  1. a snake.
  2. a wily, treacherous, or malicious person.
  3. the Devil; Satan. Genesis 3:1–5.
  4. a firework that burns with a serpentine motion or flame.
  5. an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse tone. Compare ophicleide.
  6. Serpent, Astronomy. the constellation Serpens.


serpent

/ ˈɜːəԳ /

noun

  1. a literary or dialect word for snake
  2. Old Testament a manifestation of Satan as a guileful tempter (Genesis 3:1–5)
  3. a sly, deceitful, or unscrupulous person
  4. an obsolete wind instrument resembling a snake in shape, the bass form of the cornett
  5. a firework that moves about with a serpentine motion when ignited
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

serpent

  1. The creature in the Book of Genesis that tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit , thus committing the first act of the Fall of Man . In the New Testament , the serpent of Genesis is identified with Satan .
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of serpent1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin serpent-, stem of ŧԲ “cɱԲ”; Serpens
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of serpent1

C14: via Old French from Latin ŧԲ a creeping thing, from serpere to creep; related to Greek herpein to crawl
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Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.

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And as their fervor grows, so too does his confidence, an ouroboros of mutual reinforcement, a serpent devouring its own tail.

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They insert their toes in things like serpents' tails which present to view the shape of scorpions...

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At one point, she compares Orlok to a serpent inside her body.

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Day in, day out, whatever the time in an always chaotic, often desperate rotation of worldly life, the warrior serpent is on duty.

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