viperine
[vahy-per-in, -puh-rahyn]
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adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a viper; venomous: a gossip with a viperine tongue.
Origin of viperine
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But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving, for the turning down one street instead of another.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
Here, among a number of viperine snakes of about the same size, is a snake that lives on eggs.