serpentine

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
• Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
• Having the form or shape of a snake.
• Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.

Noun

• Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
• An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
• A kind of firework.
• A coiled distillation tube.
• Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
• in dressage, a winding walk across on the arena
• Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of a magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure.
• An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Verb

• To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• antigorite, chrysotile, lizardite

Origin

• From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpentīnus, from serpēns.
• Image:SerpentineUSGOV.jpg|thumb|Serpentine (mineral)
• From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentine, from resemblance to a serpent's skin.