Etymology
OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.
Meanings
- (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 Clotho.
- (American) any of several small non-nonvenomous snakes, often beleived to be harmful, such as milk snakes.
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Noun 2
Someone or something which performs arithmetic addition.
