viper

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) +‎ parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪpɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ) === Noun === viper (plural vipers) A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. Synonym: adder (informal) Any venomous snake. (figurative) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. (slang) A person who smokes marijuana. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:viper. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “viper n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.