Associations to the word «Ophite»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OPHITE, noun. (geology) Any of various rocks having snake-like markings, such as a mottled greenish porphyry. [from 16th c.]
OPHITE, adjective. (rare) Serpent-like; ophidian. [from 19th c.]
OPHITE, noun. (historical) A member of a Gnostic snake-worshipping sect of the second century.
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.