serpentize

verb

serpentize

verb

Etymology From serpent + -ize.

1

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.

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