viper

noun

Etymology: From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.

1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
2. Any venomous snake.
3. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

   “And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life.”

   “Consider, for the love of Heaven, to what you run madly: will you take this viper into your bed?”

4. A person who smokes marijuana.

   “Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper”