adj., n., & v.
adj. 1 of or like a serpent. 2 coiling, tortuous, sinuous, meandering, writhing (the serpentine windings of the stream). 3 cunning, subtle, treacherous.
n. 1 a soft rock mainly of hydrated magnesium silicate, usu. dark green and sometimes mottled or spotted like a serpent's skin, taking a high polish and used as a decorative material. 2 Skating a figure of three circles in a line.
v.intr. move sinuously, meander. serpentine verse a metrical line beginning and ending with the same word.
[ ME f. OF serpentin f. LL serpentinus (as SERPENT) ]