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Etymology

From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.

inherited from *n̥h₁trih₂✻
inherited from *nadrǭ✻
inherited from *nadrā✻
inherited from nǣdre
inherited from nadder

Definitions

Any snake.
2
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
- Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder, which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
- These include the county's [Cumbria's] only venomous snake - the adder - which relies on exposed elements to successfully breed its young.
A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
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1. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition
  Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
2. An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
3. 6
  Something which adds or increases.
  - They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
4. 7
  A person who has attention deficit disorder.
  - Many ADDers become targets for bullies and are routinely harassed at school.

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Derived

adder bead, adderbolt, adder fish, adder fly, adderlike, adder mouth, adder stone, adderwort, butterfly adder, common death adder, deaf adder, death adder, Gaboon adder, hissing adder, horned adder, Kimberley death adder, night adder, pit adder, pit-adder, puff adder, sea adder, water adder, adder-subtractor, carry-lookahead adder, carry-save adder, carry-skip adder, full adder, half adder

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for adder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.