Resembling or relating to a snake; having the characteristics or qualities of a snake, such as being long and narrow or moving in a sinuous way.
From Latin 'anguinus' meaning snaky or snake-like, derived from 'anguis' meaning snake. The word entered English in the 16th century from medical and literary texts that needed to describe snake-like symptoms or movements.
The word 'anguine' shows up in descriptions of movement—dancers with 'anguine grace' or rivers flowing with 'anguine curves'—because humans have always found something mesmerizing about how snakes move so smoothly without legs!
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