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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•til•i•an (rep til′ē ən, -til′yən),USA pronunciation adj. - Reptilesbelonging or pertaining to the Reptilia.
- groveling, debased, or despicable;
contemptible. - mean;
treacherous;
harmful.
n. - Reptilesa reptile.
- Neo-Latin Reptili(a) reptiles (plural of rēptile, neuter of Late Latin rēptilis; see reptile) + -an
- 1840–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: repˈtilian /rɛpˈtɪlɪən/ adj - of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of reptiles
- mean or treacherous; contemptible: reptilian behaviour
n - a less common name for reptile
rep•tile /ˈrɛptɪl, -taɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Reptilesany air-breathing animal having a backbone, a heart with three chambers, a completely bony skeleton, and a covering of dry scales or horny plates:Reptiles include snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles.
rep•til•i•an /rɛpˈtɪliən/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•tile (rep′til, -tīl),USA pronunciation n. - Reptilesany cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- (loosely) any of various animals that crawl or creep.
- a groveling, mean, or despicable person.
adj. - Reptilesof or resembling a reptile; creeping or crawling.
- groveling, mean, or despicable.
- Late Latin rēptile, noun, nominal use of neuter of rēptilis creeping, equivalent. to Latin rēpt(us) (past participle of rēpere to creep) + -ilis -ile
- Middle English reptil 1350–1400
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