Definitions for viperish
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•perˈvaɪ pər(n.)
any venomous snake of the cosmopolitan family Viperidae, characterized by a pair of hollow fangs that can be erected for biting and injecting venom: includes the adders, puff adders, and pit vipers.
Category: Reptiles and Amphibians
any of various other venomous or supposedly venomous snakes.
Category: Reptiles and Amphibians
a malignant, spiteful, or treacherous person.
Origin of viper:
1520–30; < L vīpera, haplological var. of *vīvipera, n. use of fem. of *vīviper, later (as re-formation) vīviparusviviparous
vi′per•ish(adj.)
Wiktionary
viperish(Adjective)
In the manner of a viper.
viperish(Adjective)
spiteful; treacherous
Webster Dictionary
Viperish(adj)
somewhat like a viper; viperous
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