Associations to the word «Viper»

Wiktionary

VIPER, noun. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
VIPER, noun. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

Dictionary definition

VIPER, noun. Venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.

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