wyvern
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English wyvere (“viper”), borrowed from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). See also weever.
Pronunciation
Noun
wyvern (plural wyverns)
- (heraldry, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
- Sir Walter Scott
- 1940-54 The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222:
- Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.
Translations
mythical dragon-like creature
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- English terms derived from Latin
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