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Word: ophidian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...turned on somewhere else in the house. Shuddering in her bedroom, his wife hears noises in the boarded-up attic. But she half-believes that these must be personal delusions until, in the nick of time, a suspicious (and eligible) Scotland Yardsman (Joseph Cotten) makes clear to her that ophidian Mr. Anton has good reasons, murderous and avaricious, to ripen his wife for the madhouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 22, 1944 | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

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