Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viperine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
viper-ine
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to or resembling a viper

noun

Any viper of the subfamily Viperinae.

Etymology

From Latin viperinus. Compare French vipérin. By surface analysis, viper + -ine.

Inflected Forms

more viperine (comparative) most viperine (superlative) viperines (plural)

Questions

What does viperine mean?
Of, relating to or resembling a viper
Where does viperine come from?
From Latin viperinus. Compare French vipérin. By surface analysis, viper + -ine.

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