Definition of REPTATORIAL

reptatorial

Meanings

Adj

  • Crawling, creeping.

Origin / Etymology

From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.

Synonyms

reptant, reptatory

Scrabble Score: 0

reptatorial is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
reptatorial is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
reptatorial is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

reptatorial is not valid in Words With Friends