Basilisk

Definitions

1. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
2. A type of dragon used in heraldry.
3. Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
4. A type of large brass cannon.
5. An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.

Equivalents

18 more languages

العربيةالبازيليسقبازيليسقبَاسِلِيقباسيليق+ 1 more

Беларускаявасіліск

Catalàbasilisc

Češtinabazilišek

Ελληνικάβασιλίσκοςδράκων

Esperantobazilisko

Suomibasiliski

ItalianoBasilisco

日本語バシリスク

한국어바실리스크

Latinabasiliscusregulus

Nederlandsbasiliskkoningshagedis

Polskibazyliszek

Portuguêsbasilisco

Românăvasilisc

Русскийвасили́ск

Svenskabasilisk

Українськавасиліск

Examples

“the deadly look⟳ of the basilisk”

“The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […]”

“And without more ado she […] fixed her wonderful eyes upon me - more deadly than any Basilisk's - and pierced me through and through with their beauty, and sent her light⟳ laugh⟳ ringing through the air like⟳ chimes of silver bells.”

“As a revolutionary act of prophecy in an age of political science, Wissenkunst is a unique and anarchic expression of freedom, and not a new and aspiring system of indoctrination. If Wissenkunst is itself turned into political apologetics, then the fabulous plumed serpent is turned into a monster, a basilisk.”

“As a guide⟳ to start⟳ your collection we'd suggest⟳ either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.”

“Awake⟳ ye men of Memphis, heare the clange / Of Scythian trumpets, heare the Baſiliſkes, / That roaring, ſhake Damaſcus turrets downe, […]”

“A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt⟳ you simply because you are aware of it.”

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