crocodilianadj.n.
/krɒkəˈdɪlɪən/ A. adj.† 1. Like a crocodile; making a hypocritical show of grief; treacherous. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]
whiteda1225
hypocritec1380
papelarda1500
dissimuling?1518
dissembling1526
Pharisaical1527
hypocritish1531
masking1538
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
mimic1591
transom-eyed1601
tonguey1612
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
crocodilian1632
hypocrital1658
canting1663
double-minded1727
Tartufish1768
dissimulating1794
dissimulative1802
sawneying1808
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
Tartuffian1872
Pecksniffian1874
mawwormish1883
Chadbandian1908
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) x. 454 The Soul-betraying Tears of her Crocodilean Sex.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. iv. 18 O, what a Crocadilian world is this, Compos'd of trech'ries, and ensnaring wiles.
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a crocodile; belonging to the crocodile family of reptiles.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [adjective]
crocodilian1835
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 601/1 The crocodilian family.
1890 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. May 284 An undoubtedly crocodilian jaw.
B. n.
An animal of the crocodile family.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun] > member of
crocodilec1300
cayman1577
crocodilian1836
1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 251 (note) The modern broad-nosed Crocodileans.
1870 A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 129 [Fossil] jaws of undetermined crocodilians.
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