Definition of "viperine" []

• Of, resembling, or characteristic of a viper. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving, for the turning down one street instead of another."
• "But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and"
• "Well into one of the dimmest Broadway seasons in recent memory, Rob Ashford has lit the lights with a smart and satisfying production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," the Frank Loesser-Abe Burrows musical that taught a generation of viperine office politicians how to stick a shiv into their bosses without leaving any fingerprints on the handle."