reptatorial

English

WOTD – 2 April 2021

Etymology

From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) +‎ -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəl
• Hyphenation: rep‧ta‧tor‧i‧al

Adjective

reptatorial (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Crawling, creeping.

   Synonyms: reptant, (obsolete) reptatory

Related terms

• reptant
• reptation
• reptatory (obsolete)
• reptilarium
• reptile
• reptilian
• reptiliary
• reptiliferous (archaic)
• reptiliform (obsolete, rare)
• reptilious
• reptilism (archaic)
• reptility
• reptilivorous (obsolete)
• reptillery (rare)
• reptiloid

 

Translations

crawling, creeping — see also reptant

Anagrams

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