serpentize

English

Alternative forms

serpentise

Etymology

From serpent +‎ -ize.

Verb

serpentize (third-person singular simple present serpentizes, present participle serpentizing, simple past and past participle serpentized)

1. (intransitive) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander.
   • September 1, 1760, Horace Walpole, letter to George Montagu, Esq.

     The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive in the vale.

References

• “serpentize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.