deaf addern.

Brit.

/dɛf ˈadə/, U.S.

/dɛf ˈædər/

Forms: see deaf adj. and adder n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: deaf adj., adder n.¹

Etymology: < deaf adj. + adder n.¹, originally after post-classical Latin aspis surda (Vulgate: Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter), itself after Hebrew p̄eṯen-hērēš (Psalm 58:4; < p̄eṯen viper, adder + hērēš deaf). With sense 2b(a) compare death adder n.In early use with variable order of the elements of the compound.

1. In Biblical translation or allusion: an asp or other snake, regarded as deaf or wilfully unhearing. Cf. as deaf as an adder at deaf adj. 1d, adder-deaf adj. at adder n.¹ Compounds 2.With reference to Psalm 58:4; see quot. 1611.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake

deaf addereOE

adderOE

aspidec1000

shadow-addera1382

chelydre1393

tyre1471

viper1526

seps?1527

aspic1530

thirsty snake1567

aspworm1587

cheliderect?1590

viper-worm1605

palmer-serpent1608

polonga1681

asp1710

thirst-serpent1731

venom-snake1845

thanatophidian1891

solenoglyph1913

eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lvii. 4 (5) Ira illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspides surde et obturantes aures suas quę non exaudient uocem incantantium: eorre him efter gelicnisse nedran swe nedran deafe & forduttænde earan hire sie ne gehered stefne galendra.

OE Lambeth Psalter xiii. 3 Linguis suis dolose agebant, uenenum aspidum sub labiis eorum: on tungum heora facenfullice hi dedun atter deafra næddran uel nædryna under welerum heora.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 188 Wodenes to þo after lickenesse Of a snake in wildernes; Als of a neddre def als-swa Þat stoppand es his eres twa.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 97 (MED) Wodnes to hem vp on þe similitude of þe serpent, os of def heddir stuppend her ȝeris.

1579 T. Rogers tr. J. Habermann Enimie of Securitie 91 Open thou our eares that we rebel not against thee,..make them obedient vnto thee that we be not..hardened like the deafe adder which stoppeth his eares.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lviii. 4 The wicked... Their poison is like the poyson of a serpent; they are like the deafe adder [margin. or aspe] that stoppeth her eare: Which will not hearken to the voyce of charmers.

1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 3 To smite him with the tongue, and not to hearken to his words, Jer. 18.18 (more then Schismatickes, Epsicopists, and deafe adders, now, to such true Seers, and Prophets as God hath sent and set amongst us).

1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 103 Charm the Charmer never so ably, yet the deaf Adder wil not hear.

1783 J. Hoole tr. Ariosto Orlando Furioso IV. xxxii. 92 He flies me now—nor more attends my pain Than the deaf adder heeds the charmer's strain.

1818 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 85 The matter, of course, must rest between him and the Longi Homines, who, I suspect, will be like deaf adders.

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold i. i. 17 Tostig. Thou playest in tune. Leofwin. To the deaf adder thee, that wilt not dance However wisely charm'd.

1904 F. Gibson Superstitions about Animals 108 The Psalmist never meant it to be understood that such a creature as a ‘deaf adder’ had a real existence.

1995 G. Greeno Exiles' Return 190 Ah, grant me the strength of the deaf adder who stoppeth her ears.

a. English regional (southern). The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis. Cf. adder n.¹ 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > anguis fragilis (slow-worm or blindworm)

slow-wormOE

blind-wormc1450

hagworm?c1475

death adder1608

addera1616

deaf adder1758

1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 284 We have a kind of viper which we call the Long-cripple: It is the slow-worm or deaf-adder of authors.

1824 F. Hitchins & S. Drew Hist. Cornwall I. 583 Another species of the reptile kind, is sometimes called the deaf adder, but more generally known by the name of slow-worm.

1890 Gentleman's Mag. May 469 Nothing would persuade him to pick up a slow-worm, or ‘deaf adder’ as he calls it.

1946 Herpetologica 3 74 Its popular names are not appropriate to the agile, bright-eyed lizard; ‘slow-worm’, ‘blind worm’ and ‘deaf adder’.

1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 29/2 Deaf adder, the slow worm or blind worm.

b. Any of certain (venomous or non-venomous) snakes, esp. (a) Australian a death adder (genus Acanthophis); (b) U.S. the copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix (now rare); †(c) U.S. a hognose snake (genus Heterodon) (cf. adder n.¹ 2e) (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. 338 Our deaf adder resembles, in its short, puffy, repulsive appearance, the blow-adder of America.

1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iii. 54 The Copper-head..has various popular names in different districts..Copper-Belly, Red Viper, Deaf Adder and Chunkhead.

1851 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. N.Y. 42 The hog nosed snake, called also deaf adder, spreading adder, &c.

1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career 321 The deaf adder, or death adder, as some people miscall it.

1911 I. A. Rosenblum Stella Sothern 74 A large death-adder lay within a foot of his hind legs... Deaf-adder is the old bushman's name for the snake.

1921 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 7 Aug. The copperhead is called by different names in different localities. It is sometimes called the ‘upland moccasin’, the ‘chunk head’, the ‘deaf adder’ or the ‘pilot snake’.

2007 Canberra Times (Nexis) 9 Oct. Death adder: With a fat body and triangular head, this snake is often called a ‘deaf adder’ as it does not slither away when humans approach.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	deaf adder
释义	deaf addern. Brit. /dɛf ˈadə/, U.S. /dɛf ˈædər/ Forms: see deaf adj. and adder n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: deaf adj., adder n.¹ Etymology: < deaf adj. + adder n.¹, originally after post-classical Latin aspis surda (Vulgate: Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter), itself after Hebrew p̄eṯen-hērēš (Psalm 58:4; < p̄eṯen viper, adder + hērēš deaf). With sense 2b(a) compare death adder n.In early use with variable order of the elements of the compound. 1. In Biblical translation or allusion: an asp or other snake, regarded as deaf or wilfully unhearing. Cf. as deaf as an adder at deaf adj. 1d, adder-deaf adj. at adder n.¹ Compounds 2.With reference to Psalm 58:4; see quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake deaf addereOE adderOE aspidec1000 shadow-addera1382 chelydre1393 tyre1471 viper1526 seps?1527 aspic1530 thirsty snake1567 aspworm1587 cheliderect?1590 viper-worm1605 palmer-serpent1608 polonga1681 asp1710 thirst-serpent1731 venom-snake1845 thanatophidian1891 solenoglyph1913 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lvii. 4 (5) Ira illis secundum similitudinem serpentis, sicut aspides surde et obturantes aures suas quę non exaudient uocem incantantium: eorre him efter gelicnisse nedran swe nedran deafe & forduttænde earan hire sie ne gehered stefne galendra. OE Lambeth Psalter xiii. 3 Linguis suis dolose agebant, uenenum aspidum sub labiis eorum: on tungum heora facenfullice hi dedun atter deafra næddran uel nædryna under welerum heora. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 188 Wodenes to þo after lickenesse Of a snake in wildernes; Als of a neddre def als-swa Þat stoppand es his eres twa. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 97 (MED) Wodnes to hem vp on þe similitude of þe serpent, os of def heddir stuppend her ȝeris. 1579 T. Rogers tr. J. Habermann Enimie of Securitie 91 Open thou our eares that we rebel not against thee,..make them obedient vnto thee that we be not..hardened like the deafe adder which stoppeth his eares. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lviii. 4 The wicked... Their poison is like the poyson of a serpent; they are like the deafe adder [margin. or aspe] that stoppeth her eare: Which will not hearken to the voyce of charmers. 1648 ‘Mercurio-Mastix Hibernicus’ Muzzle for Cerberus 3 To smite him with the tongue, and not to hearken to his words, Jer. 18.18 (more then Schismatickes, Epsicopists, and deafe adders, now, to such true Seers, and Prophets as God hath sent and set amongst us). 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 103 Charm the Charmer never so ably, yet the deaf Adder wil not hear. 1783 J. Hoole tr. Ariosto Orlando Furioso IV. xxxii. 92 He flies me now—nor more attends my pain Than the deaf adder heeds the charmer's strain. 1818 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 85 The matter, of course, must rest between him and the Longi Homines, who, I suspect, will be like deaf adders. 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold i. i. 17 Tostig. Thou playest in tune. Leofwin. To the deaf adder thee, that wilt not dance However wisely charm'd. 1904 F. Gibson Superstitions about Animals 108 The Psalmist never meant it to be understood that such a creature as a ‘deaf adder’ had a real existence. 1995 G. Greeno Exiles' Return 190 Ah, grant me the strength of the deaf adder who stoppeth her ears. 2. a. English regional (southern). The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis. Cf. adder n.¹ 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > anguis fragilis (slow-worm or blindworm) slow-wormOE blind-wormc1450 hagworm?c1475 death adder1608 addera1616 deaf adder1758 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 284 We have a kind of viper which we call the Long-cripple: It is the slow-worm or deaf-adder of authors. 1824 F. Hitchins & S. Drew Hist. Cornwall I. 583 Another species of the reptile kind, is sometimes called the deaf adder, but more generally known by the name of slow-worm. 1890 Gentleman's Mag. May 469 Nothing would persuade him to pick up a slow-worm, or ‘deaf adder’ as he calls it. 1946 Herpetologica 3 74 Its popular names are not appropriate to the agile, bright-eyed lizard; ‘slow-worm’, ‘blind worm’ and ‘deaf adder’. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 29/2 Deaf adder, the slow worm or blind worm. b. Any of certain (venomous or non-venomous) snakes, esp. (a) Australian a death adder (genus Acanthophis); (b) U.S. the copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix (now rare); †(c) U.S. a hognose snake (genus Heterodon) (cf. adder n.¹ 2e) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. 338 Our deaf adder resembles, in its short, puffy, repulsive appearance, the blow-adder of America. 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iii. 54 The Copper-head..has various popular names in different districts..Copper-Belly, Red Viper, Deaf Adder and Chunkhead. 1851 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. N.Y. 42 The hog nosed snake, called also deaf adder, spreading adder, &c. 1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career 321 The deaf adder, or death adder, as some people miscall it. 1911 I. A. Rosenblum Stella Sothern 74 A large death-adder lay within a foot of his hind legs... Deaf-adder is the old bushman's name for the snake. 1921 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 7 Aug. The copperhead is called by different names in different localities. It is sometimes called the ‘upland moccasin’, the ‘chunk head’, the ‘deaf adder’ or the ‘pilot snake’. 2007 Canberra Times (Nexis) 9 Oct. Death adder: With a fat body and triangular head, this snake is often called a ‘deaf adder’ as it does not slither away when humans approach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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