reptilianadj.n.

Brit.

/rɛpˈtɪlɪən/, U.S.

/rɛpˈtɪljən/,

/rɛpˈtɪliən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reptile n.¹, -ian suffix.

Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + -ian suffix. Compare Reptilia n., and earlier reptilious adj. Compare also reptile adj.

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to reptiles or the class Reptilia; of the nature of a reptile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective]

reptilian1835

the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > consisting of reptiles

reptilian1835

1835 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) I. i. ix. 230 No well-authenticated instance is recorded of a fossil reptile from this formation. Neither have any reptilian remains been met with in the incumbent carboniferous group.

1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 61 (note) These, with a small Saurian,..make up the reptilian fauna of the Bermudas.

1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 181 The theropods..include all the characteristic terrestrial reptilian carnivores of the late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.

1961 D. Stuart Driven iv. 35 The sight sometimes of a bungarra, the long sleek brown and buff big lizard,..staring down with beady eyes in long reptilian head.

1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones v. 77 He started practicing medicine in the lonely Karroo region, which was incidentally full of the dinosaurian and reptilian fossils that most fascinated him.

b. Esp. of an animal or part of an animal: resembling (that of) a reptile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > resembling a reptile

reptilious1727

reptiliform1835

reptiloid1849

reptilian1863

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. p. ix The..reptilian Bird of Solenhofen.

1865 Englishman's Mag. Nov. 388 It was then that the ocean swarmed with reptiles and reptilian fish.

1886 Century Jan. 354/2 Strange indeed must have been its [sc. Archæopteryx's] appearance, with its lizard's body, its wings of a bird, and its long reptilian tail floating behind.

1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 38 His [sc. the Maori's] existence was burdened with the knowledge of huge reptilian monsters, ngarara on land, and taniwha in the water.

1940 Maryland (Writers' Program) 348 Residents..are firm in their belief that the neighborhood has a ‘snallygaster’—a fabulous reptilian bird of vast size.

1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (ed. 2) Postscr. 381 Construction is exposed to such a violent degree that the..joints reach out like giant, metallic, reptilian claws.

1996 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 13 Jan. e1 Every other word out of Leary's reptilian face is the F-word.

2. figurative. Low, mean; contemptible, underhand; nasty, malignant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective]

hateleOE

swartOE

ill-willinga1300

illc1330

ill-willeda1340

evil-willya1382

hatefula1400

malignc1429

malicea1500

maltalentivea1500

ill-willy15..

malevolent1509

malevolous1531

ill asposit1535

ill-givena1568

stomaching1579

malignant1592

gall-ful1596

gall-wet1597

ill-affecteda1599

unpleasant1603

evil-affected1611

gallsome1633

ill-meaning1633

ill-natured1645

unbenign1651

sullen1676

unbenevolent1694

reptilian1855

unbenignant1856

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]

hateleOE

balefulOE

swartOE

hatelyOE

ill-willinga1300

illc1330

ill-willeda1340

evil-willya1382

hatefula1400

malignc1429

malicea1500

maltalentivea1500

malevolent1509

malevolous1531

fiendisha1535

ill asposit1535

ill-givena1568

malignant1592

ill-affecteda1599

unpleasant1603

manless?1609

evil-affected1611

ill-willy1611

ill-meaning1633

ill-natured1645

swarthy1651

unbenign1651

reptile1653

sullen1676

maligning1687

unbenevolent1694

reptilian1855

unbenignant1856

1855 Reynolds's Newspaper 21 Oct. 16/2 None but a slave, whose soul is liveried in the badges and saturated with the leprosy of reptilian servility, will contravene our statement.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. xii. 229 He had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all..impetuous, warm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Nov. 4/2 His dead father is fair game for Reptilian slanderers.

1922 E. Bramah Kai Lung's Golden Hours xi. 268 Kai Lung was finally brought up for judgment in accordance with the venomous scheme of the reptilian Ming-shu.

1959 A. C. West Native Moment 220 Men with less reptilian cunning have killed wives and mistresses.

2004 SubStance 33 25 The writers..are preening, narcissistic, rude and reptilian beings.

B. n.

A reptile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > reptile

reptilea1393

serpentc1440

reptible1637

reptilian1838

reptiliform1890

1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 155 Others, again, write Mammalians, Reptilians, and Molluscans, for the more simple terms mammals, reptiles, and mollusks.

1845 C. Lyell Trav. N. Amer. 1841–2 II. xxv. 211 He also found..what appear to be the impressions of the footsteps of an animal, perhaps a Reptilian, having five claws.

1880 Med. Rec. 27 Nov. 616/1 Sacral enlargement of the cord in extinct reptilians was an extraordinary fact.

1913 Jrnl. Morphol. 24 4 The so-called lacrimal of reptilians and stegocephalians has disappeared in the mammals.

1986 R. Bakker Dinosaur Heresies (1988) iv. 79 In the very same tropical woodlands and bush..another exceptional reptilian evolved—the giant land snake.

2006 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 70 539/2 Ravens also prey on birds, amphibians, reptilians, and small mammals.

Compounds

reptilian brain n. (in a model of brain function and evolution developed by P. D. MacLean) the part of the human brain that corresponds to the brain of vertebrates before the evolution of mammals and the accompanying expansion of the cerebral cortex, and which is associated with a limited repertoire of behaviours concerned mainly with self-preservation; (also, loosely) the part of the brain to which primitive, non-rational, or self-interested behaviour is attributed.

ΚΠ

1962 P. D. MacLean in Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 135 289/1 Man finds himself in the predicament that Nature has endowed him essentially with three brains... The oldest of these brains is basically reptilian.]

1964 P. D. MacLean in Mod. Med. 3 Feb. 96 The reptilian brain corresponds to the greater part of the brainstem and contains much of the so-called reticular system, the midbrain, and the basal ganglia... It is not a very good brain for facing up to new situations.

1992 Internat. Rev. Appl. Linguistics in Lang. Teaching 33 182 Even more primitive than the limbic system is the brainstem, or reptilian brain.

2008 D. Baker et al. What Happy Women Know 16 While the reptilian brain is all about ‘me’, the mammalian brain is about ‘me’ but also about ‘we’.

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

单词	reptilian
释义	reptilianadj.n. Brit. /rɛpˈtɪlɪən/, U.S. /rɛpˈtɪljən/, /rɛpˈtɪliən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reptile n.¹, -ian suffix. Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + -ian suffix. Compare Reptilia n., and earlier reptilious adj. Compare also reptile adj. A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to reptiles or the class Reptilia; of the nature of a reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] reptilian1835 the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > consisting of reptiles reptilian1835 1835 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 4) I. i. ix. 230 No well-authenticated instance is recorded of a fossil reptile from this formation. Neither have any reptilian remains been met with in the incumbent carboniferous group. 1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 61 (note) These, with a small Saurian,..make up the reptilian fauna of the Bermudas. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 181 The theropods..include all the characteristic terrestrial reptilian carnivores of the late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. 1961 D. Stuart Driven iv. 35 The sight sometimes of a bungarra, the long sleek brown and buff big lizard,..staring down with beady eyes in long reptilian head. 1996 A. Walker & P. Shipman Wisdom of Bones v. 77 He started practicing medicine in the lonely Karroo region, which was incidentally full of the dinosaurian and reptilian fossils that most fascinated him. b. Esp. of an animal or part of an animal: resembling (that of) a reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > resembling a reptile reptilious1727 reptiliform1835 reptiloid1849 reptilian1863 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. p. ix The..reptilian Bird of Solenhofen. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Nov. 388 It was then that the ocean swarmed with reptiles and reptilian fish. 1886 Century Jan. 354/2 Strange indeed must have been its [sc. Archæopteryx's] appearance, with its lizard's body, its wings of a bird, and its long reptilian tail floating behind. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 38 His [sc. the Maori's] existence was burdened with the knowledge of huge reptilian monsters, ngarara on land, and taniwha in the water. 1940 Maryland (Writers' Program) 348 Residents..are firm in their belief that the neighborhood has a ‘snallygaster’—a fabulous reptilian bird of vast size. 1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (ed. 2) Postscr. 381 Construction is exposed to such a violent degree that the..joints reach out like giant, metallic, reptilian claws. 1996 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 13 Jan. e1 Every other word out of Leary's reptilian face is the F-word. 2. figurative. Low, mean; contemptible, underhand; nasty, malignant. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] hateleOE swartOE ill-willinga1300 illc1330 ill-willeda1340 evil-willya1382 hatefula1400 malignc1429 malicea1500 maltalentivea1500 ill-willy15.. malevolent1509 malevolous1531 ill asposit1535 ill-givena1568 stomaching1579 malignant1592 gall-ful1596 gall-wet1597 ill-affecteda1599 unpleasant1603 evil-affected1611 gallsome1633 ill-meaning1633 ill-natured1645 unbenign1651 sullen1676 unbenevolent1694 reptilian1855 unbenignant1856 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] hateleOE balefulOE swartOE hatelyOE ill-willinga1300 illc1330 ill-willeda1340 evil-willya1382 hatefula1400 malignc1429 malicea1500 maltalentivea1500 malevolent1509 malevolous1531 fiendisha1535 ill asposit1535 ill-givena1568 malignant1592 ill-affecteda1599 unpleasant1603 manless?1609 evil-affected1611 ill-willy1611 ill-meaning1633 ill-natured1645 swarthy1651 unbenign1651 reptile1653 sullen1676 maligning1687 unbenevolent1694 reptilian1855 unbenignant1856 1855 Reynolds's Newspaper 21 Oct. 16/2 None but a slave, whose soul is liveried in the badges and saturated with the leprosy of reptilian servility, will contravene our statement. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. xii. 229 He had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all..impetuous, warm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Nov. 4/2 His dead father is fair game for Reptilian slanderers. 1922 E. Bramah Kai Lung's Golden Hours xi. 268 Kai Lung was finally brought up for judgment in accordance with the venomous scheme of the reptilian Ming-shu. 1959 A. C. West Native Moment 220 Men with less reptilian cunning have killed wives and mistresses. 2004 SubStance 33 25 The writers..are preening, narcissistic, rude and reptilian beings. B. n. A reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [noun] > reptile reptilea1393 serpentc1440 reptible1637 reptilian1838 reptiliform1890 1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 155 Others, again, write Mammalians, Reptilians, and Molluscans, for the more simple terms mammals, reptiles, and mollusks. 1845 C. Lyell Trav. N. Amer. 1841–2 II. xxv. 211 He also found..what appear to be the impressions of the footsteps of an animal, perhaps a Reptilian, having five claws. 1880 Med. Rec. 27 Nov. 616/1 Sacral enlargement of the cord in extinct reptilians was an extraordinary fact. 1913 Jrnl. Morphol. 24 4 The so-called lacrimal of reptilians and stegocephalians has disappeared in the mammals. 1986 R. Bakker Dinosaur Heresies (1988) iv. 79 In the very same tropical woodlands and bush..another exceptional reptilian evolved—the giant land snake. 2006 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 70 539/2 Ravens also prey on birds, amphibians, reptilians, and small mammals. Compounds reptilian brain n. (in a model of brain function and evolution developed by P. D. MacLean) the part of the human brain that corresponds to the brain of vertebrates before the evolution of mammals and the accompanying expansion of the cerebral cortex, and which is associated with a limited repertoire of behaviours concerned mainly with self-preservation; (also, loosely) the part of the brain to which primitive, non-rational, or self-interested behaviour is attributed. ΚΠ 1962 P. D. MacLean in Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 135 289/1 Man finds himself in the predicament that Nature has endowed him essentially with three brains... The oldest of these brains is basically reptilian.] 1964 P. D. MacLean in Mod. Med. 3 Feb. 96 The reptilian brain corresponds to the greater part of the brainstem and contains much of the so-called reticular system, the midbrain, and the basal ganglia... It is not a very good brain for facing up to new situations. 1992 Internat. Rev. Appl. Linguistics in Lang. Teaching 33 182 Even more primitive than the limbic system is the brainstem, or reptilian brain. 2008 D. Baker et al. What Happy Women Know 16 While the reptilian brain is all about ‘me’, the mammalian brain is about ‘me’ but also about ‘we’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1835
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