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How to pronounce “basilisk”
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Pronunciation guide for basilisk
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of basilisk with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bitwise: A Life in Code
A piece on Roko's basilisk was a huge hit,
- Definition summary
- (mythology) A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce basilisk
Bitwise: A Life in Code
A piece on Roko's basilisk was a huge hit,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “basilisk”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (mythology) A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
- (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
- Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
- (weaponry) A type of large brass cannon.
- (philosophy, science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
- [Adjective]
- Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
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