basiliskとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “royal, imperial”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.ɪ.lɪsk/, /ˈbæz.ɪ.lɪsk/

名詞

basilisk (複数形 basilisks)

1. A mythical (かつ heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.

   The deadly look of the basilisk

2. (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
3. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus - the basilisk lizard
4. A type of large brass cannon.

形容詞

basilisk (not comparable)

1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
   • 1870, The British drama: illustrated, volume 4, page 997:

     Well, She is so basilisk ; there's no death in her eyes ...

   • 1884, M. L. O'Byrne, Ill-won Peerages, Or, An Unhallowed Union, page 126:

     her gaze became more basilisk in its expression, and her countenance bore some similitude to that of a handsome fiend

   • 2004, Witi Tame Ihimaera, Whanau II, page 167:

     He had never seen her quite like this, so basilisk, so frightening