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Definition of Snakish
1. a. Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
Definition of Snakish
1. Adjective. Having the qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snakish
1. like a snake [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakish
Literary usage of Snakish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's Ovid: Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses by Ovid, Arthur Golding, William Henry Denham Rouse (1904)
"And on his hardened side 710 Before this snakish shape doe whole my body over
... And on their snakish heades grew crests : and finally they both Were into ..."
2. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1900)
"Some of the blows of my cane came home, and roused its snakish temper, so that
it flew upon the first person it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly ..."
3. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"I felt as supple as a cat, and was ready for the snakish creature at every turn.
Every blow of his was parried, though I dealt no blows in turn. ..."
4. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1857)
"I felt as supple as a cat, and was ready for the snakish creature at every turn.
Every blow of his was parried, though I dealt no blows in turn. ..."
5. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York by Solomon Northup (1855)
"... paying little heed, however, to Chapin's question, but still keeping his
snakish eyes fastened maliciously on me. , "I am overseer here," Chapin began. ..."
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