reptilious
English edit
Etymology edit
From reptile + -ious, replacing earlier adjectival reptile and reptitious.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛpˈtɪlɪəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹɛpˈtɪljəs/, /ɹɛpˈtɪliəs/
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪəs, -ɪljəs, -ɪliəs
Adjective edit
reptilious (comparative more reptilious, superlative most reptilious)
- (dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
- 1771, William Pardon & al., A New General English Dictionary, 14th ed., s.v. "Reptilious":
- Reptilious, creeping, crawling, swarming upon the belly, etc.
- 1771, William Pardon & al., A New General English Dictionary, 14th ed., s.v. "Reptilious":
- (dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.
- 1858 December 8, Birmingham Daily Post, page 4:
- The lecturer... pointed out the peculiar difference in the process of breathing which distinguished the reptilious from the aquatic species.
References edit
- “reptilious, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2009.
