snaky

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snaky

  • /ˈsneɪki/

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adjective snakier · snakiest · snakey

  1. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike. [S]ome of Serpent kinde Wondrous in length and corpulence involv'd Thir Snakie foulds, and added wings.
  2. Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy. Walking through the snaky passages I was soon completely lost.
  3. obsolete Sly; cunning; deceitful. So to the Coaſt of Jordan he directs His eaſie ſteps; girded with ſnaky wiles, […]
  4. obsolete Covered with serpents; having serpents. What was that ſnakie headed Gorgon ſheild That wiſe Minerva wore, unconquer’d virgin Wherewith ſhe freez’d her foes to congeal’d ſtone? But rigid looks of Chaſt auſteritie And noble grace that daſh’t brute violence With ſudden adoration, and blancke aw.

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adj resembling or relating to snakes

Españolserpentino
Portuguêsserpentino
Françaisserpentin
Deutschschlangenartig
Italianoserpentino
Русскийзмеи́ный zmeínyj, змееви́дный zmejevídnyj
العربيةثُعْبَانِيّ ṯuʕbāniyy

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@misc{snaky_2026,
  title = {snaky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snaky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}