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Word: ophidian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...celestial bliss, gorging on succulent, ambrosial fruits, observing luxuriant inhabitants of the air where "giant ferns grew rank by fetid fens." Octans neatly despatched a ghost leopard that infested their paradise and all was serene until she asked him to pick a certain blue lotus. Then an "odious ophidian," a python regius of "lethal length," "leprous luster" and "fetid folds," embraced and kissed him so strenuously that he died, shattering her "cordon of dreams." She hated to leave when the battleship came to rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Octans and Orena | 6/28/1926 | See Source »

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