Word Meanings - DABOIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper .
Related words: (words related to DABOIA)
- VIPEROIDEA; VIPEROIDES
A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina. - ASIATIC
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. -- n. - VIPER
Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidæ. There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Acts xxviii. 3. Note: Among the best-known species - HIGHLY
In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed. - VENOMOUS
Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects. 3. Noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful; as, a venomous progeny; a venomous writer. Venomous snake , any serpent which has poison glands and fangs, - VIPERISH
Somewhat like a viper; viperous. - ASIATICISM
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics. - LARGE-ACRED
Possessing much land. - LARGE-HANDED
Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. - LARGE-HEARTED
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n. - VIPERINA
See VIPEROIDEA - LARGE
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. At large. Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. Diffusely; fully; - LARGET
A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet. - LARGESS; LARGESSE
1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver - VIPERINE
Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. Viperine snake. Any venomous snake of the family Viperidæ. A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small European species which resembles - VIPEROUS
Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue. "This viperous slander." Shak. -- Vi"per*ous*ly, adv. - VIPEROID
Like or pertaining to the vipers. - LARGELY
In a large manner. Dryden. Milton. - LARGENESS
The quality or state of being large. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - FOOL-LARGESSE
Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer. - WATER VIPER
See MOCCASIN - OVERHIGHLY
Too highly; too greatly. - ENLARGED
Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n. - FOOL-LARGE
Foolishly liberal. Chaucer. - ENLARGE
Etym: 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke. 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; - OVERLARGE
Too large; too great.