death addern.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ adə/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌædər/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., adder n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < death n. + adder n.¹, originally as an alteration of or error for deaf adder n., reflecting the (actual or perceived) deadliness of the snakes in question, although with early use in sense 1 compare also death adj.¹

1. = deaf adder n. (in various senses). Now rare.In quot. 1974: the western hognose snake of America, Heterodon nasicus.

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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 57 That place of Dauid Psalme. 58. which is vulgarly read, a death Adder, is more truely translated A deafe Aspe.

1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe 59 The gracelesse people, who stopped their eares like the death Adder.

1974 C. E. Shaw & S. Campbell Snakes of Amer. West 69 Again and again it will repeat this action in an altogether convincing performance that has earned it the names ‘puff adder’, ‘death adder’.

2. spec. Any of several highly venomous Australian snakes of the genus Acanthophis (family Elapidae), which resemble the true vipers; esp. the common A. antarcticus. Cf. deaf adder n. 2b(a).

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1833 W. H. Breton Excursions New S. Wales iv. 264 The death, or deaf adder is an ugly creature, and is considered highly dangerous.

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

1935 F. Birtles Battle Fronts Outback 25 It was a death-adder. These creatures, in flood-time, invariably seek shelter under drovers' pack-saddles.

1996 National Geographic June 17/1 Nature threatens as well, with deadly vipers like the brown taipan and death adder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death adder
释义	death addern. Brit. /ˈdɛθ adə/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌædər/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., adder n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < death n. + adder n.¹, originally as an alteration of or error for deaf adder n., reflecting the (actual or perceived) deadliness of the snakes in question, although with early use in sense 1 compare also death adj.¹ 1. = deaf adder n. (in various senses). Now rare.In quot. 1974: the western hognose snake of America, Heterodon nasicus. 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 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of hypnalea1398 death adder1608 adder1698 water moccasin1821 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 57 That place of Dauid Psalme. 58. which is vulgarly read, a death Adder, is more truely translated A deafe Aspe. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe 59 The gracelesse people, who stopped their eares like the death Adder. 1974 C. E. Shaw & S. Campbell Snakes of Amer. West 69 Again and again it will repeat this action in an altogether convincing performance that has earned it the names ‘puff adder’, ‘death adder’. 2. spec. Any of several highly venomous Australian snakes of the genus Acanthophis (family Elapidae), which resemble the true vipers; esp. the common A. antarcticus. Cf. deaf adder n. 2b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > member of genus Elaps stag-snake1668 bead-snake1737 coral-snake1758 coral-serpent1774 garter-snake1775 nachtslang1821 death adder1833 coral1852 1833 W. H. Breton Excursions New S. Wales iv. 264 The death, or deaf adder is an ugly creature, and is considered highly dangerous. 1881 H. W. Nesfield Chequered Career 321 The deaf adder, or death adder, as some people miscall it, frequents the sandy coasts. 1935 F. Birtles Battle Fronts Outback 25 It was a death-adder. These creatures, in flood-time, invariably seek shelter under drovers' pack-saddles. 1996 National Geographic June 17/1 Nature threatens as well, with deadly vipers like the brown taipan and death adder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608
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