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

snakeweeds
snakewhip
snakewhips
snakewise
snakewood
snakewoods
snakey
snakier
snakiest
snakily
snakiness
snakinesses
snaking
snakingly
snakings
snakish (current term)
snaky
snap-link
snap-shot
snap at
snap bean
snap cap
snap fastener
snap finger
snap in
snap inhale
snap inhales
snap it up
snap judgment

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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