serpent
Plural: serpents
Noun
- A snake, especially a large or venomous one.
- limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
- a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
- an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
- A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
- A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
- An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
- A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
- A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
Verb
- To wind or meander
- To encircle.
Examples
- The word ’SERPENT’ coiled across the board, threatening to strike a triple-word score in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder.
Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as serpent.
Scrabble Score: 9
serpent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordserpent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
serpent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
serpent: valid Words With Friends Word