serpentry

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noun

A place inhabited or infested by serpents.

OriginEnglish serpent ← Middle English serpent ← Old French serpent →
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Meanings

nounserpentry (countable and uncountable, plural serpentries)

plural serpentries

  1. countableuncountableA place inhabited or infested by serpents.
  2. countableuncountableAll serpents and serpent-like creatures, as a collective body

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*serp-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sérpeti
  3. Proto-Italic*serpō
  4. Latinserpō
  5. Latinserpēns
  6. Old Frenchserpent
  7. Middle Englishserpent
  8. Englishserpent
  9. Englishserpentry

From serpent + -ry.

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APA

serpentry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentry

MLA

“serpentry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serpentry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpentry.

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