serpentine

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
2. Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
3. Having the form or shape of a snake.
4. Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.
5. Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.

Noun

1. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
2. (historical) An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
3. A kind of firework.
4. A coiled distillation tube.
5. Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
6. In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
7. Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
8. An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Verb

To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.

Synonyms

winding

meandering

snaky

twisting

curvy

snakelike

writhing

sinuous

tortuous

insidious

anguine

zigzag

wiggly

convoluted

spired

squiggly

twist

twisty

venomous

vermicular

vermiculate

viperine

volute

wind

wound

ophidian

snake-like

volution

body of a snake

vermiculated

serpentiform

gyroidal

formed of snakes

relating to a serpent

serpentine-patterned

spirality helicity

colied

anfractuous

of a snake

bending

coil

complicated

crooked

curve

deceitful

flexuous

guileful

helical

screwy

sinuate

Translations

serpentino

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serpentina

gewunden

serpentina

sinuoso

sinuoso

serpentino

contorto

serpentino

Serpentine

serpentiforme

zigzag

schlangenförmig

serpentine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɜː.pənˌtaɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: serpentine

In summary

From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpentīnus, from serpēns (“serpent”), equivalent to serpent + -ine.