serpentining

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A form of serpentine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.

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Meanings

nounserpentining (plural serpentinings)

plural serpentinings

  1. gerundgerund of serpentine: a serpentine twisting.

    Among the waltzings, and the droppings, and the swarmings of the sounds, Pierre now heard the tones above deftly stealing and winding among the myriad serpentinings of the other melody: […]

    1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book VI. Isabel, and the First Part of the Story of Isabel.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section VI, page 172
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of serpentine

Origin

From serpentine + -ing.

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APA

serpentining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentining

MLA

“serpentining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serpentining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentining.

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