ophite
Speech parts
1. ophite - Noun
2. ophite - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a serpent.
A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.
A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
peacock
harlequin
iris
rainbow
chameleon
spectrum
marble
nacre
ocelot
variegation
moire
confetti
serpentinian
tortoise shell
Anagrams
Examples
After seeing Margaret Murray 's book The God of the Witches the leader of Ophite Cultus Satanas, Herbert Arthur Sloane, said he realized that the horned god was Satan (Sathanas).