reptitious

Meanings

Adj

Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin reptitius (“creeping”), corruption of Latin reperticius, from reptus (“crept, crawled”) + -īcius (“-itious”), from rēpere (“to creep, to crawl”), modified by English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repent, reptant, reptile, reptilious, surreptitious.

Synonyms

reptile, reptilian

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