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noun
Synonym of basilisk, a serpentine dragon so poisonous that even its gaze is deadly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: basilisk
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A monster with a lethal gaze or breath, originally believed to originate from a cock egg brooded over by a snake or toad, later specifically combining serpentine and landfowl features and particularly (heraldry) a rooster-headed wyvern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, fantasy, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: basilicock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chimera
noun
Synonym of crocodile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: crocodile
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An evil, deceitful, or destructive person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, beggar, blackguard, bounder, cad, cockatrice, coistril, evildoer, fustilarian, harlot, heavy, knave, lidderon, makeshift, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, niding, nithing, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scab, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, thug, undesirable, varlet, villain, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant, renegade, serpent, snake, snake in the grass, swike, traitor, treacher, treacherer, treasonist, turntippet, withersake, wolf in sheep's clothing, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshat, asshead, asshole, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncher, asstard, asswagon, assweed, asswipe, bag of dicks, ball sack, ballsucker, barf bag, berk, bitchcunt, bitchface, bitchfuck, bitchwhore, buttface, butthead, buttmunch, buttmuncher, choad, chunderhead, chunk-blower, cockbag, cockbreath, cockface, cockfag, cockfuck, cockfucker, cock gobbler, cockhead, cock-knocker, cockmonger, cockmunch, cockmuncher, cocksack, cockshit, cocksuck, cocksucker, cockwad, cockwaffle, cockweasel, cockwipe, crapface, craphead, cullion, cumbucket, cum guzzler, cumrag, cumstain, cunt, cuntard, cuntass, cuntbag, cuntbiscuit, cuntbitch, cuntbreath, cuntbucket, cuntface, cuntfuck, cuntfucker, cunthead, cuntlapper, cuntlicker, cuntmuffin, cunt muncher, cuntrag, cuntshit, cuntstain, cuntsucker, cuntwad, cuntwaffle, cuntweasel, cuntweed, cuntwhacker, cuntwipe, dick, dickass, dickbag, dickbiscuit, dickbreath, dickbucket, dickface, dickfuck, dickfucker, dickhead, dicklicker, dick munch, dick muncher, dicknose, dicknut, dicksack, dickshit, dickslap, dicksneeze, dickstain, dickster, dicksucker, dicktard, dickwad, dickweasel, dickweed, dickwipe, dillweed, dipfuck, dipshit, dirtbag, dirthead, dirtwad, douche, douchebag, douche boat, doucheburger, douchecanoe, douchelord, douche nozzle, douchewad, douchewagon, fag, faggot, faggotface, fuck, fuckass, fuckbag, fuckball, fuckbucket, fuckchop, fucker, fuckface, fuckhead, fucklord, fuckmitten, fuckmuffin, fucknose, fucknozzle, fuckoid, fuckrod, fuckshit, fuckstain, fuckster, fuckstick, fuckskull, fucktrumpet, fuckwaffle, fuckweed, fuckwit, fuckweasel, fucktard, git, hosebag, jackass, jackoff, jagoff, jagweed, jerk, jerkball, jerko, jerkoff, jerkwad, jerkweed, jitbag, jizzbag, knob-gobbler, knob polisher, lowlife, meanie, nark, nutsack, paddock, penishead, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of junk, piece of shit, piece of trash, piece of work, pile of crap, pile of shit, pig, pissbag, pissface, pisshead, pisspot, prick, prickface, prickhead, prickwad, pukeball, pukestain, pusbag, pushead, pussybreath, sack of shit, schmuck, scumbreath, scumbug, scumbutt, scumface, scumfuck, scumhead, scumhole, scumlord, scunge, scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzoid, shitass, shitball, shitbag, shitbeast, shitbird, shitbiscuit, shitbreath, shitbucket, shitcock, shitcunt, shitdick, shiteater, shitface, shitfuck, shitfucker, shitgibbon, shitgoblin, shitguzzler, shithead, shitheap, shitheel, shithook, shitlicker, shitlord, shitmuncher, shitneck, shitnugget, shitnuts, shitpiss, shitpot, shitrag, shitsack, shitstain, shitwad, shitwaffle, shitweasel, shitweed, sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleazebucket, sleazehole, sleazewad, slimebucket, slimeface, slimehole, slimewad, snotbag, snotball, snotface, snothead, snotrag, snotwad, sourhead, squib, swine, thundercunt, tool, tosser, tosspot, turdbreath, turdface, turdhead, vonce, wanker, wankface, wankfart, wankhead, wankpuffin, wankstain, weasel, wet wipe, battle axe, bitch, brim, brimstone, cat, crow, dragon, fishwife, harpy, harridan, hellcat, jade, nag, nudnik, scold, she-devil, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen, witch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of whore, a female prostitute, a sexually promiscuous woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: whore
Antonyms: none provided
noun
monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mythical monster, mythical creature
History
From Middle English cocatrice, from Old French cocatriz (“basilisk, cockatrice”), from Late Latin calcātrīx (“female trampler, treader”), from Latin calcāre (“to trample, to walk upon, to oppress”) + -trīx (“-ess: forming feminine agentives”), from calx (“heel”). Its eventual association with poultry influenced by cock (“rooster, male chicken”), q.v.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
