Viperous, having the nature of a viper: “civil dissension is a v. worm that gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth,” H6A III, 1, 72 (cf. Viper in Per. I, 1, 64). == venomous, malignant: “this v. traitor,” Cor. III, 1, 287. “this v. slander,” Cymb. III, 4, 41.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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