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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.