scorpion
noun
- order of arachnids
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
- Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.
name
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpius.
“And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]”
“The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman.”
noun
Etymology: From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
- Someone with the Scorpio star sign.
“No racketting around and cocktail parties for those born under the influence of the Water-carrier and the Archer. No nylons for Scorpions.”