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Etymology 1[]
From Middle English addere (resulted from misdivision of a naddere to an addere) < Middle English naddere < Old English nædre, "adder", "snake". Akin to Old Saxon nadra, Old High German natra, natara, German natter, Gothic nadrs, Icelandic naðr, masculine, naðra, feminine: compare Welsh neidr, Cornish naddyr, Irish nathair, Latin natrix, water snake.
Noun[]
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Adder ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) A snake.
- (British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho.
- (US and Canadian English) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
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Etymology 2[]
From to add + -er.
Noun[]
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Adder ({{{1}}})
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition.
- Something which adds or increases.
- They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
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Derived terms[]
- full adder
- half adder
Anagrams[]
- adder,
- dared
- dread
- readd
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Noun[]
Adder m. and f. (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje, diminutive plural addertjes)
- viper, adder
Derived terms[]
- addergebroed
- een addertje onder het gras
Old Prussian[]
Conjunction[]
adder
- or
- wāiklis adder mērgā - boy or girl
- but
ar:adder et:adder el:adder es:adder fr:adder fy:adder gl:adder hy:adder io:adder li:adder hu:adder nl:adder pl:adder pt:adder ru:adder simple:adder fi:adder ta:adder te:adder vi:adder zh:adder