reptile
Meanings
Plural: reptiles
Noun
- any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
- Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia that is not a bird, usually egg-laying and scaled.
- Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
- A reptile or amphibian.
- A mean, grovelling, loathsome or repulsive person.
Adj
- Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
- Grovelling; low; vulgar.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
Synonyms
crawling, creeper, creeping, despicable, herp, herptile, reptile, reptilian, reptilious, reptitious
Scrabble Score: 9
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