reptiliousadj.

Brit.

/rɛpˈtɪlɪəs/, U.S.

/rɛpˈtɪljəs/,

/rɛpˈtɪliəs/

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

Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + -ious suffix. Compare Reptilia n., and later reptilian adj. Compare also reptile adj. and earlier reptitious adj.

Resembling or characteristic of a reptile; reptilian.

ΘΚΠ

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

reptilious1727

reptiliform1835

reptiloid1849

reptilian1863

1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. ii. 122 If any Acts of Power, Resembling Laws, proceed from the King alone, without his Parliament, they are, in like Manner, Half-shaped, Reptitious [Errata: Reptilious], and Illegal.

1771 Pardon & Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 14) Reptilious [1735 Reptitious], creeping, crawling, swarming upon the belly, &c.

1835 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom: Index & Synopsis XVI. p. xlvii Gasteropoda..includes the reptilious mollusca.

1858 Birmingham Daily Post 8 Dec. 4/2 The lecturer..pointed out the peculiar difference in the process of breathing which distinguished the reptilious from the acquatic species.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. iii. 45 The advantage taken of it by Willoughby..made her feel abject—reptilious.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xv. 317 Considering with what reptilious patience she had waited.

1962 E. Roditi tr. R. Schmutzler Art Nouveau 9 Gaudí's houses and cupolas, with their reptilious and iridescent surfaces of scale-like ceramics.

2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 20 Apr. 13 But there's nothing wrong with posh girls, is there? Just as quickly he turns on his reptilious Alan Clark, upper-class smile: ‘Nothing wrong at all.’

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

单词	reptilious
释义	reptiliousadj. Brit. /rɛpˈtɪlɪəs/, U.S. /rɛpˈtɪljəs/, /rɛpˈtɪliəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reptile n.¹, -ious suffix. Etymology: < reptile n.¹ + -ious suffix. Compare Reptilia n., and later reptilian adj. Compare also reptile adj. and earlier reptitious adj. Resembling or characteristic of a reptile; reptilian. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > [adjective] > resembling a reptile reptilious1727 reptiliform1835 reptiloid1849 reptilian1863 1727 R. Acherley Britannic Constit. ii. 122 If any Acts of Power, Resembling Laws, proceed from the King alone, without his Parliament, they are, in like Manner, Half-shaped, Reptitious [Errata: Reptilious], and Illegal. 1771 Pardon & Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 14) Reptilious [1735 Reptitious], creeping, crawling, swarming upon the belly, &c. 1835 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom: Index & Synopsis XVI. p. xlvii Gasteropoda..includes the reptilious mollusca. 1858 Birmingham Daily Post 8 Dec. 4/2 The lecturer..pointed out the peculiar difference in the process of breathing which distinguished the reptilious from the acquatic species. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. iii. 45 The advantage taken of it by Willoughby..made her feel abject—reptilious. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xv. 317 Considering with what reptilious patience she had waited. 1962 E. Roditi tr. R. Schmutzler Art Nouveau 9 Gaudí's houses and cupolas, with their reptilious and iridescent surfaces of scale-like ceramics. 2000 Daily Mail (Nexis) 20 Apr. 13 But there's nothing wrong with posh girls, is there? Just as quickly he turns on his reptilious Alan Clark, upper-class smile: ‘Nothing wrong at all.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727
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