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Meaning of "serpentry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SERPENTRY

serpentry  [ˈsɜːpəntrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERPENTRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Serpentry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SERPENTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of serpentry in the English dictionary

The first definition of serpentry in the dictionary is the collective body of serpents, serpents as a whole. Other definition of serpentry is a snake-house, a place where serpents may be kept, a place inhabited by serpents. Serpentry is also a winding or sinuous motion like that of a serpent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERPENTRY


agentry
ˈeɪdʒəntrɪ
ancientry
ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
Daventry
ˈdævəntrɪ
dysentery
ˈdɪsəntrɪ
errantry
ˈɛrəntrɪ
gallantry
ˈɡæləntrɪ
giantry
ˈdʒaɪəntrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
lieutenantry
lɛfˈtɛnəntrɪ
merchantry
ˈmɜːtʃəntrɪ
pageantry
ˈpædʒəntrɪ
peasantry
ˈpɛzəntrɪ
pedantry
ˈpɛdəntrɪ
pheasantry
ˈfezəntrɪ
pleasantry
ˈplɛzəntrɪ
studentry
ˈstuːdəntrɪ
tenantry
ˈtɛnəntrɪ
truantry
ˈtruːəntrɪ
unpleasantry
ʌnˈplɛzəntrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERPENTRY

serpent
serpentiform
serpentine
serpentinely
serpentinic
serpentiningly
serpentinise
serpentinite
serpentinize
serpentinous
Serpentis
serpentise
serpentize
serpentlike
serpiginous
serpiginously
serpigo
SERPS
serpula
serpulid

WORDS THAT END LIKE SERPENTRY

bill of entry
book of original entry
carpentry
country
credit entry
debit entry
double entry
entry
forced entry
forcible entry
gentry
landed gentry
misentry
port of entry
re-entry
remote job entry
send to Coventry
sentry
single entry
sub-entry
unlawful entry

Synonyms and antonyms of serpentry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «serpentry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERPENTRY

Find out the translation of serpentry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of serpentry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «serpentry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

serpentry
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpentry
570 millions of speakers

English

serpentry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

serpentry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

serpentry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

serpentry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serpentry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

serpentry
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serpentry
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serpentri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

serpentry
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

serpentry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

serpentry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serpentry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

serpentry
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

serpentry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सापाने बनवलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serpentry
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serpentry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serpentry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

serpentry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

serpentry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

serpentry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Serpentry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

serpentry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

serpentry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serpentry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPENTRY»

The term «serpentry» is barely ever used and occupies the 206.703 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPENTRY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about serpentry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERPENTRY»

Discover the use of serpentry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serpentry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
... souls' truliest foe, — 560 "Since egg turned snake needs fear no serpentry, — " As ye behold this web of circumstance "Deepen the more for every thrill and throe , 545 1868 1872 theatre, 546 MS Was deemed 1868 1872 "Was deemed 547 ...
Robert Browning, Ian Jack, Margaret Smith, 2004
2
Supplement to Craig's universal dictionary
SCLEROON— SERPENTRY. SERVAL— SHOULDER. Scleroon, skle-ro'on, s. ( skleros, hard, and oon, an egg, Gr.) A genua of flowering plants from Mexico : Order, Yerbenaceos. — Lindley. Sctrrosis, skle-ro'sis, s. (Mens, hard, Gr.) A hard  ...
P Austin Nuttall, John Craig (F.G.S.), 1864
3
The Other Poetry of Keats
... chaff of custom, wipe away all slime Left by men-slugs and human serpentry, Have been content to let occasion die, Whilst they did sleep in love's elysium. And truly, I would rather be struck dumb, Than speak against this ardent listlessness.
Gerald B. Kauvar, 1969
4
Misbegotten muses: history and anti-history
The. Equilibrium. of. Presence: Or. the. Unity. of. Bosom. Serpentry. The functionaries themselves told them that the legend of his strange illness was true, that he couldn't receive them because toads had proliferated in his belly. Gabriel Garcia ...
Richard C. Poulsen, 1988
5
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Bells and ...
Perpetual warfare with such serpentry? And I— have I desired to shift my part, Evade my share in her design? T is well. Djabal. Loys, I wronged thee— but unwittingly: 260 I never thought there was in thee a virtue That could attach itself to what ...
Robert Browning, Ian Jack, Margaret Smith, 1988
6
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
My serpent-queen, you did but well to hide 56.70 Paracelsus 5.193 Serpentry. Perpetual warfare with such serpentry? . . 280.25 Druses 4.257 "Since egg turned snake needs fear no serpentry, — 903.26 R. and B. 12.558 Serpent's. 'Tis he ...
7
Journal of the Folklore Institute
most effective, but because faith was the prime mover and healer — to be used whenever possible. The second instance of bosom serpentry among the Mormons, however, clearly shows that the patient followed the advice of Joseph Smith.
‎1977
8
Uncertainties, Mysteries, Doubts: Romanticism and the ...
The 'beauty' of the famous opening lines of Endymion ('A thing of beauty is a joy forever') can, alongside the holiness of the Heart's affections (Keats 1958: I, 184), 'wipe away all slime / Left by menslugs and human serpentry' (Keats 1988: ...
Robert Snell, 2012
9
The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in ...
... van Of all the congregated world, to fan And winnow from the coming step of time AH chalf of custom, wipe away all slime Left hy men-slugs and human serpentry, Have heen content to let occasion die, Whilst they did sleep in love's elysium.
Mary Botham Howitt, Henry Hart Milman, John Keats, 1847
10
The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: ...
Aye, so delicious is the unsating food, That men, who migltt have tower'd in the van Of all the congregated world, to fan And winnow from the coming step of time All chaff of custom, wipe away all slime Left by men-slugs and human serpentry, ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, 1829

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