Associations to the word «Basilisk»

Pictures for the word «Basilisk»

Wiktionary

BASILISK, noun. A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
BASILISK, noun. (heraldiccharge) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
BASILISK, noun. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus.
BASILISK, noun. A type of large brass cannon.
BASILISK, adjective. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

Dictionary definition

BASILISK, noun. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance.
BASILISK, noun. Ancient brass cannon.
BASILISK, noun. Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope