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
- 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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