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单词 snaky
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snakyadj.

Brit. /ˈsneɪki/, U.S. /ˈsneɪki/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s snakie, 1600s Scottish snaiky, 1700s snakey.
Etymology: < snake n. + -y suffix1.
1.
a. Formed or composed of snakes.Chiefly in allusions to the serpent hair of the Furies.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > having specific type of hair
snaky1567
viperous1633
weedy-haireda1821
1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 64v All ye that Ladies are of Lymbo Lake With hissing haire, and Snakie bush bedect.
1595 E. Spenser Amoretti lxxxvi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. F4v The Furies fell Theyr snaky heads doe combe.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. ii. 1735 Megæra with her snakie twine.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island v. lxv. 63 The Furies flung their snakie whips away.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 559 Thicker then the snakie locks That curld Megæra. View more context for this quotation
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 154. ⁋3 The Gorgon with Snakey Hair.
1862 Cox Tales Gods & Heroes 203 Pegasos, the child of Gorgo with the snaky hair.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 290 He drew the head out by the snaky hairs.
b. the snaky sisters, the Furies.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Furies
dire1610
Eumenides1651
the snaky sisters1728
dire sisters1743
1728 A. Ramsay Miser & Minos in Fables & Tales 31 The three-pow'd dog of hell Gowl'd terrible a triple yell; Which rouz'd the snaky Sisters three.
2. Entwined with snakes. Said of the caduceus.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Hermes or Mercury > wand of
snaky1591
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1292 In his hand He tooke Caduceus his snakie wand.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. i. sig. B2 What? vse the vertue of your Snakie Tipstaffe there vpon vs? View more context for this quotation
1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 In his Hand, He holds the Virtue of the Snaky Wand.
1735 Dict. Polygraph. II. at Mercury A caduceus, or snaky staff, viz. a slender wand, about which two snakes did annodate.
3.
a. Of or pertaining to a snake; frequently in allusive use, venomous, guileful, deceitful, treacherous.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective]
ficklea1000
hinderyeapc1000
swikelc1000
as right (also stiff, straight, crooked, etc.) as a ram's hornOE
fakenOE
swikefulc1100
frakelc1175
swikec1175
wrenchfulc1225
wielfulc1275
ginfulc1300
guileful13..
treacherousc1330
guilesomea1382
guilousc1384
enginousa1393
deceivant1393
treacherc1400
serpentinec1422
deceivousa1425
guilyc1430
beguilous1483
slapea1500
fallacious1509
treget1519
gaudya1529
beguileful1530
Spanish1530
juggling?1531
snakish1532
prestigious?1534
knack-hardy1549
pratting1570
fogging1585
snakya1586
abusive1595
faithless1597
faiterous1600
guiled1600
trompant1605
amusing1609
braida1616
dodging1625
Ulyssean1639
tricksome1648
knackish1660
hocus-pocus1668
bubbling1675
rusé1689
tricking1697
trickish1705
lurching1728
tricksy1766
trickful1775
tricky1786
slippy1828
shirky1847
dodgy1861
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
hyping1968
deceiteous-
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Rr1 O snakie ambition, which can winde thyselfe in so many figures.
1596 P. Colse Penelopes Complaint Pref. verse sig. A2v Knowne trueth ne snaky enuies spite, Nor wrath can touch.
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois v. sig. K4v Hide, hide thy snakie head, to Cloisters flie.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 120 So to the Coast of Jordan he directs His easie steps; girded with snaky wiles. View more context for this quotation
1729 R. Savage Wanderer iii. 125 Can the dove's bosom snakey venom draw?
1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 66 The oiliness and snaky insinuation of his demeanour.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. v. 157 His thin Punic lips curved into a snaky smile.
1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 215 Have at the snaky tongue! That's the right way with wolves!
1933 J. V. Allen Cowboy Lore iv. 101 If you reckon your mounts are some snakey and raw Just try ridin' herd on a stove that won't draw.
1966 M. E. Murie & O. Murie Wapiti Wilderness iv. 71 Oh, I believe he's a pretty good horse. He may be a little bit snaky.
1980 Blair & Ketchum's Country Jrnl. Oct. 43/1 That last practice started in the mines, where a ‘shavetail’ was a snaky mule, not to be trusted.
b. Australian and New Zealand slang. Angry, annoyed.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 46 Snaky,..(1) angry (e.g., to turn snaky); (2) irritable.
1941 K. Tennant Battlers 86 Now lay off, sport... Don't go snaky on the kid.
1943 Amer. Speech 18 90 [In New Zealand] To go crook is to show anger or annoyance... The verbs to go snaky, to go maggoty..have the same implications.
1945 N. Marsh Died in Wool vii. 155 There was a hold up... Everyone was snakey. Young Doug says the sheep are dry and I say they're not.
1974 D. Williamson Three Plays 34 What are you snaky about this time?
1981 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Nov. 23/1 They remain very snaky indeed about allegedly non~impartial treatment from players and umpires in Perth.
4. Resembling the form of a snake; long and winding or twisting; sinuous, tortuous.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 92 Those crisped snaky golden locks which maketh such wanton gambols with the wind. View more context for this quotation
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 769 The crooked armes Meander bow'd with his so snakie flood.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur ii. 39 Their watry Train in Snaky Windings slides.
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 185 No story proceeds without..voluminous tagrags rolling after it in many a snaky twine.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iv. 126 The black sand lay thick between the snaky ridges of lava.
1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 4 Huge woolly camels..thrust out their shaggy snaky necks.
5. snaky letter n. a sibilant.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1599 R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. 8 One of the Culebrínas létras, the snakie or hissing letters.
6. Of places: Infested with snakes.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > infested with (abounding in snakes)
serpentful1558
snaky1856
serpentiferous1905
1856 Lady Canning in Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 121 A charming ride round jungly lanes, with..tangles—very snaky, I should fear.
1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 185 The place was said to be snaky.
7. Relating to snakes. (Cf. snake story n. at snake n. Compounds 4a.)
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1882 Daily News 18 Jan. 5/5Snaky’ stories are only fit for that presently-to-vanish corps, the Marines.

Compounds

snaky-footed, snaky-haired, snaky-headed, etc., snaky-sparkling adjs.; snaky-like adv.
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1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 178 Nor swelling streames of that God [Tiber] snakie-paced.
1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. G2v The snaky-hayred Furies loathsome cell.
a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xviii, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh5 He on her shoulder laid His snaky-wreathed Mace.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 60 The snaky-headed Furies tearing..and thrusting a hand-full of hissing serpents.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) Snaky handed, or snouted (as an elephant), anguimanus. Snaky footed (as the fabulous giants), anguipedes.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. iv. 35 May not Murder come; and, with her snaky-sparkling head, illuminate this murk.
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 181 He persuaded that snaky-tailed monster to accompany him.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 166 Her smooth braids, snaky-like, intwine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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