reptile mann.

Brit.

/ˈrɛptʌɪl man/, U.S.

/ˈrɛptl ˌmæn/,

/ˈrɛpˌtaɪl ˌmæn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reptile n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + man n.¹ With sense 1 compare also reptile adj. 2.

†1. Chiefly poetic. A person of low, mean, or base character. Cf. reptile n.¹ 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1729 compare reptile adj. 2.

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1729 T. Cooke Tales 180 Ulysses then the sharp rebuke began, Who..sternly viewed the Reptile man.]

a1811 W. Cameron Poems on Several Occasions (1813) 27 With vain essay shall reptile-man Thy secrets, or thy essence scan.

1845 G. Murray Islaford 57 Feelings foreign to the throng Of reptile-men that walk in slime.

2. An expert on, or keeper of, reptiles.

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1903 N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 29/6 The reptile man is ever on the look out for an unusual specimen..and to kill a snake before he has been examined closely is little short of a zoological crime.

1975 J. McClure Snake v. 64 The reptile man at the museum..said..that method of preservation had been abandoned.

2006 Centralian (Australia) Advocate (Nexis) 15 Sept. A..student has overcome her fear of snakes by learning how to handle them... [She] joined reptile man Rex Neindorf at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reptile man
释义	reptile mann. Brit. /ˈrɛptʌɪl man/, U.S. /ˈrɛptl ˌmæn/, /ˈrɛpˌtaɪl ˌmæn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: reptile n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + man n.¹ With sense 1 compare also reptile adj. 2. †1. Chiefly poetic. A person of low, mean, or base character. Cf. reptile n.¹ 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1729 compare reptile adj. 2. ΚΠ 1729 T. Cooke Tales 180 Ulysses then the sharp rebuke began, Who..sternly viewed the Reptile man.] a1811 W. Cameron Poems on Several Occasions (1813) 27 With vain essay shall reptile-man Thy secrets, or thy essence scan. 1845 G. Murray Islaford 57 Feelings foreign to the throng Of reptile-men that walk in slime. 2. An expert on, or keeper of, reptiles. ΚΠ 1903 N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 29/6 The reptile man is ever on the look out for an unusual specimen..and to kill a snake before he has been examined closely is little short of a zoological crime. 1975 J. McClure Snake v. 64 The reptile man at the museum..said..that method of preservation had been abandoned. 2006 Centralian (Australia) Advocate (Nexis) 15 Sept. A..student has overcome her fear of snakes by learning how to handle them... [She] joined reptile man Rex Neindorf at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1811
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