adder

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[ ad-er ]
/ ˈæd ər /
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noun

the common European viper, Vipera berus.
any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper.

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Origin of adder

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before 950; late Middle English; replacing Middle English nadder (a nadder becoming an adder by misdivision; cf. apron), Old English næddre; cognate with Old Saxon nādra, Old High German nātara (German Natter), Old Norse nathra snake, Gothic nadrs adder, Old Irish nathir snake, Latin natrix water snake

Words nearby adder

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Definition for adder (2 of 2)

adder2
[ ad-er ]
/ ˈæd ər /

noun

a person or thing that adds.

Origin of adder

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First recorded in 1570–80; add + -er1
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Words related to adder

cobra, rattle, snake, copperhead, asp

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British Dictionary definitions for adder (1 of 2)

adder1
/ (ˈædə) /

noun

Also called: viper a common viper, Vipera berus, that is widely distributed in Europe, including Britain, and Asia and is typically dark greyish in colour with a black zigzag pattern along the back
any of various similar venomous or nonvenomous snakes
See also death adder, puff adder

Word Origin for adder

Old English nǣdre snake; in Middle English a naddre was mistaken for an addre; related to Old Norse nathr, Gothic nadrs

British Dictionary definitions for adder (2 of 2)

adder2
/ (ˈædə) /

noun

a person or thing that adds, esp a single element of an electronic computer, the function of which is to add a single digit of each of two inputs
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