Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - serpentine
Serpentine
serpentine
adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 of or like a serpent. 2 coiling, tortuous, sinuous, meandering, writhing (the serpentine windings of the stream). 3 cunning, subtle, treacherous. --n. 1 a soft rock mainly of hydrated magnesium silicate, usu. dark green and sometimes mottled or spotted like a serpent's skin, taking a high polish and used as a decorative material. 2 Skating a figure of three circles in a line. --v.intr. move sinuously, meander. Phrases and idioms serpentine verse a metrical line beginning and ending with the same word. Etymology: ME f. OF serpentin f. LL serpentinus (as SERPENT)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French serpentin, from Late Latin serpentinus, from Latin serpent-, serpens Date: 15th century of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement), subtly wily or tempting, 3. winding or turning one way and another , having a compound curve whose central curve is convex, ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1519 something that winds sinuously, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French serpentin, Medieval Latin serpentina, serpentinum, from Late Latin, feminine & neuter of serpentinus resembling a serpent Date: 15th century a mineral or rock consisting essentially of a hydrous magnesium silicate usually having a dull green color and often a mottled appearance ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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