ophidian [oh-fid-ee-uhn]
noun:
any reptile of the suborder Ophidia; a snake
adjective:
1 belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes)
2 of, relating to, or resembling snakes
Examples:
Snakes on a playing field, anyone? An obnoxious ophidian invaded a soccer pitch in Guatemala, delaying a game between Nueva Concepcion and Municipal. The serpent, needless to say, was immediately designated for relegation. (Dwight Perry, Sideline Chatter: But he’s since been banned from his office's NCAA pool , Seattle Times, February 2022)
The jeweler’s earliest snake-inspired pieces tended toward abstraction, referencing ophidian sinuousness by way of a corrugated gold bracelet — based on the articulated flex of gas piping — that slithered up the wrist. (Megan Conway, A Snake-Inspired Bracelet Watch Evolves Once More, New York Times, March 2022)
In places with rich ophidian faunas, dozens of antivenins may therefore need to be kept to hand. (How to simplify the treatment of snake bites, The Economist, January 2021)
We cannot ask Bierce, but the body of his work demonstrates some- thing of an obsession with snakes and ophidian metaphors. (Roth, Russell, Ambrose Bierce's 'Detestable Creature.', Western American Literature, Fall 1974)
But their aspect, their - their catness was more submerged by their outward appearance, for they ranged from the semi-human form of the little demon of the brook to ophidian-headed things as heavy and lithe as a panther. And they fought with a ferocity and intelligence that was itself abnormal. (Stanley G Weinbaum, Proteus Island)
Swaying in a slow, lethal, hypnotic rhythm, with a deep and solemn sibilation, the Voorqual dominated the city of Lospar and the world Lophai. Below, on the tiers of the pyramid, the thronged ophidian plants kept time to this rhythm in their tossing and hissing. (Clark Ashton Smith, The Demon of the Flower)
His glance, as he rested it on Bryce now, was baleful, ophidian. (Peter B Kyne, The Valley of the Giants)
Origin:
1883, 'having the nature or character of snakes or serpents,' from Greek ophidion, diminutive of ophis 'serpent'. Earlier in zoology, 'belonging to the order Ophidia' (comprising snakes, serpents), 1819. As a noun, 'reptile of the order Ophidia,' from 1819. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
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Lonely Prompts Sunday, Week 23 [DW Edition]
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Greetings and salutations! Welcome to this week's Lonely Prompts adoption day. ^_^ If this is your first time at
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We have plenty of prompts that might just nibble away at your brain today. You can browse through the comm's calendar archive (here on LJ or here on DW) for themed and Free For All posts, or perhaps check out Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests. (Or, you can be like me, and try to save interesting prompts as you see 'em... and then end up with multiple text doc files full of [themes + links + prompts] that you can easily look through and search for keywords.) Multiple fills for one prompt are welcome, by the way! Oh, and you are very likely to find some awesome fills to read as well, and wouldn't it be nice to leave a comment on those lovely little writing distractions? ~_^
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How to link:
[a href="http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/449155.html?thread=70682755#t70682755">MCU, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, She's wearing daisy dukes and one of his button-down shirts.[/a]
(change the brackets to "<" and ">" respectively)
or:
http://comment-fic.livejournal.com/139897.html?thread=30155641#t30155641
Burn Notice, Sam/Michael/Fi, "It's always been you. And it's always gonna be you."
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