Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Serpent (-'s)
serpent (-'s), n. [OFr < L. 'creeping thing, crawling, serpent'.]
- Snake; long slender legless creeping reptile.
- Asp; cobra; viper; venomous snake; noxious reptile; [fig.] deceiver; liar; prevaricator; tempter; beguiling creature in the Garden of Eden; [metaphor] Satan; Lucifer; the Devil; (see Genesis 3:1-4).
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