viperessn.
/vʌɪpəˈrɛs/, /ˈvʌɪp(ə)rᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvaɪp(ə)rəs/ rare.
A female viper. In quot. 1647 figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > person of ill-will > [noun] > female
viperess1647
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [noun] > person or thing displaying > female
viperess1647
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 102 But Pontia did confesse, ‘My sons I would have poyson'd’. Viperesse!
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n.1647- chalk-down
- chalk-drawing
- chalk-dust
- chalk-eating
- chalk-faced
- chalk-flint
- chalk-formation
- chalk-fossil
- chalk-head
- chalk-hill
- chalk-land
- chalk-licker
- chalk-like
- chalk-lime
- chalk-line
- chalk-mark
- chalk-marked
- chalk-marl
- chalk-pit
- chalk-quarry
- chalk-ridge
- chalk-score
- chalk-stone
- chalk-stripe
- chalk-talker