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reptile
English
Etymology
From Middle English reptil, from Old French reptile, from Late Latin r?ptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from Latin r?p? (“to creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p?ta?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???p.ta?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
reptile (plural reptiles)
- A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia; an amniote that is neither a synapsid nor a bird.
- (figuratively) A mean or grovelling person.
- This work may, indeed, be considered as a great creation of our own; and for a little reptile of a critic to presume to find fault with any of its parts, without knowing the manner in which the whole is connected, and before he comes to the final catastrophe, is a most presumptuous absurdity.
- "That reptile," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXVII:
- {...} If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity. Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. Rise, and don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile—don’t!’
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:reptile
Related terms
- mammal-like reptile
- Reptilia
- reptilian
- reptilianness
- reptiliology
- reptiliologist
Translations
Adjective
reptile (not comparable)
- Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
- Grovelling; low; vulgar.
- a reptile race or crew; reptile vices
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.
- 1797-1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- And dislodge their reptile souls / From the bodies and forms of men.
Synonyms
- (creeping, crawling): reptilious, creeping, crawling; reptitious (obsolete)
- (contemptible): See Thesaurus:despicable
See also
- herpetology
- Category:en:Reptiles for a list of reptiles in English
- reptile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Peltier, peitrel, perlite
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin r?ptilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p.til/
Noun
reptile m (plural reptiles)
- reptile
Derived terms
- reptilien
Further reading
- “reptile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
r?ptile
- neuter nominative singular of r?ptilis
- neuter accusative singular of r?ptilis
- neuter vocative singular of r?ptilis
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archosaur
English
Etymology
From New Latin Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from ????? (árkh?n, “leader”) + ????? (saúra, “lizard”)
Noun
archosaur (plural archosaurs)
- A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes the extinct dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs and modern crocodiles and birds.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:archosaur
Translations
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