VIPER
VI'PER, noun [Latin vipera.]1. A serpent, a species of coluber, whose bite is remarkably venomous.A viper came out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Acts 28:3.2. A person o...
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VIPERINE
VI'PERINE, adjective [Latin viperinus.] Pertaining to a viper or to vipers.
VIPEROUS
VI'PEROUS, adjective [Latin viperus.] Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as a viperous tongue.VIPER'S BUGLOSS, noun A plant of the genus Echium.VIPER'S GRASS,...
VIRAGO
VIRA'GO, noun [Latin from vir, a man.]1. A woman of the extraordinary stature, strength and courage; a female who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warri...
VIRE
VIRE, noun An arrow. obsolete
VIRELAY
VI'RELAYnounA song or little poem among the Provencal poets in France; a roundelay. It sometimes consisted of two rhymes only, and short verses, with stops.To which a lady sung ...
VIRENT
VI'RENT, adjective [Latin virens, from vireo, to flourish or be green.]Green; verdant; fresh.
VIRGATE
VIR'GATE, adjective nearly vurgate. [Latin virga, a rod.]In botany, having the shape of a rod or wand; as a virgate stem.VIR'GATE, noun A yardland.
VIRGE
VIRGE, [See Verge.]
VIRGILIAN
VIRGIL'IAN, adjective1. Pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet.2. Resembling the style of Virgil.
VIRGIN
VIR'GIN, noun nearly vur'gin. [Latin virgo.]1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man.2. A woman not a mother. [Unusual.]3. The sign Virgo. [See Virgo.]VIR'GIN, adjectiv...
VIRGINAL
VIR'GINAL, adjective Pertaining to a virgin; maidenly; as virginal chastity.VIR'GINAL, noun A keyed instrument of one string, jack and quill to each note, like a spinet, but in ...
VIRGINITY
VIRGIN'ITY, noun [Latin virginitas.] Maidenhood; the state of having had no carnal knowledge of man.VIR'GIN'S BOWER, noun A plant of the genus Clematis.
VIRGO
VIR'GO, noun [Latin] A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters in August; a constellation, containing according to the British catalogue, one hundred and ten stars.
VIRIDITY
VIRID'ITY, noun [Latin virditas, from vireo, to be green.]Greenness; verdure; the color of fresh vegetables.
VIRILE
VI'RILE, adjective [Latin virilis, from vir, a man, vireo.]1. Pertaining to a man, in the eminent sense of the word, [not to man, in the sense of the human race;] belonging to t...
VIRILITY
VIRIL'ITY, noun [Latin virilitas.]1. Manhood; the state of the male sex, which has arrived to the maturity and strength of a man, and to the power of procreation.2. The power of...
VIRTU
VIR'TU, noun A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
VIRTUAL
VIR'TUAL, adjective [See Virtue.]1. Potential; having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the material or sensible part.Every kind that lives, fomented by his v...
VIRTUALITY
VIRTUAL'ITY, noun Efficacy.
VIRTUALLY
VIR'TUALLY, adverb In efficacy or effect only; by means of some virtue or influence, or the instrumentality of something else. Thus the sun is virtually on earth by its light an...
VIRTUATE
VIR'TUATE, verb transitive To make efficacious. [Not in use.]
VIRTUE
VIRTUE, noun vur'tu. [Latin virtus, from vireo, or its root. See Worth.] The radical sense is strength, from straining, stretching, extending. This is the primary sense of Latin...
VIRTUELESS
VIR'TUELESS, adjective1. Destitute of virtue.2. Destitute of efficacy or operating qualities.Virtueless she wish'd all herbs and charms.
VIRTUOSO
VIRTUO'SO, noun A man skilled in the fine arts, particularly in music; or a man skilled in antiquities, curiosities and the like.Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the n...
VIRTUOSOSHIP
VIRTUO'SOSHIP, noun The pursuits of a virtuoso.
VIRTUOUS
VIR'TUOUS, adjective1. Morally good; acting in conformity to the moral law; practicing the moral duties, and abstaining from vice; as a virtuous man.2. Being in conformity to th...