(declension-1, figuratively) someone who is malicious, vicious, treacherous
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[ˈwiː.pɛ.ra]
Etimologie (Engels)
Contraction of *vīvipera (literally “one that gives live young”), from vīviparus (“that gives live young”), from vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to bear [offspring]”) + -us (adjectival suffix).