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Definition of Snake pit
1. Noun. Any place of pain and turmoil. "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Derivative terms: Infernal
2. Noun. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
Generic synonyms: Asylum, Insane Asylum, Institution, Mental Home, Mental Hospital, Mental Institution, Psychiatric Hospital
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snake Pit
Literary usage of Snake pit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folk and Fairy Tales by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, P Chr Asbjörnsen, Edmund Gosse, Hans Lien Brækstad (1883)
"... but if only one of the king's hares was lost, they were to cut three red
stripes out of his back, and throw him into the snake-pit. ..."
2. Round the yule log, Norwegian folk and fairy tales, tr. by H.L. Brækstad by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1881)
"... but if only one of the king's hares was lost, they were to cut three red
stripes out of his back, and throw him into the snake-pit. ..."
3. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... gives him a charmed coat, which preserves him even in the snake- pit into
which he is cast by ./Ella, king of the Northumbrians, till the enchantment is ..."
4. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... gives him a charmed coat, which preserves him even in the snake- pit into
which he is cast by Л£11а, king of the Northumbrians, till the enchantment is ..."
5. Corpus Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... gives him a charmed coat, which preserves him even in the snake- pit into
which he is cast by ..."
6. Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue from the by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1883)
"... gives him a charmed coat, which preserves him even in the snake- pit into
which he is cast by ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"The vengeful conqueror now threw his captive into the snake's pit; but, no serpent
approached Ragnar, who sat unharmed amidst these venomous reptiles, ..."
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