Synonyms for basilisk

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bas-uh-lisk, baz-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæs ə lɪsk, ˈbæz-

Définition of basilisk

Origin : c.1300, from Latin basiliscus, from Greek basiliskos "little king," diminutive of basileus "king" (see Basil); said by Pliny to have been so called because of a crest or spot on its head resembling a crown.
The basilisk has since the fourteenth century been confused with the Cockatrice, and the subject is now a complicated one. [T.H. White, "The Bestiary. A Book of Beasts," 1954]
Its breath and glance were said to be fatal. The South American lizard so called (1813) because it, like the mythical beast, has a crest. Also used of a type of large cannon, throwing shot of 200 lb., from 1540s.

As in dragon : noun monster

Example sentences :

But to be quiet with such a basilisk before him was impossible.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

The party to see the Basilisk was not only the most agreeable of the season, but the most agreeable ever known.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

That cold blue eye which is the basilisk of the British Army.
Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer

Roach changed the basilisk gaze with which he had regarded him to a vacant stare.
Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston

Leave me to hatch, from the heat of their own passions, the basilisk which shall destroy them.
Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller

Knolles flew his flag of the black raven aboard the Basilisk.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She also had seen the Basilisk and it was to her that the Spanish leader shouted his orders.
Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle

It is not only the basilisk's eye that has constraining power.
Extract from : « Barbara Blomberg, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Her eye caught his own; it was as if a basilisk had smitten him.
Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby

He stared at the open letter as if it possessed the eyes of a basilisk.
Extract from : « The Diamond Coterie » by Lawrence L. Lynch

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