cockatrice
cockatrice is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
- 2.(Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi.
- 3.4. Any venomous or deadly thing. This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- actor
- adventurer
- and
- ass
- bidder
- bungler
- bunko
- capper
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- clothing
- conjuror
- crimp
- deceive
- deceiver
- decoy
- devil
- dissembler
- duck
- empiric
- faker
- false
- flusher
- four
- fraud
- grass
- gypsy
- home
- horse
- humbug
- hypocrite
- jilt
- jobber
- jockey
- juggler
- knave
- liar
- lie
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is cockatrice.
- What is a representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent called?
- What is a venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi called?
- What is 4. Any venomous or deadly thing. This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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