reptatorial
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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);[1] 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
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔ.ɹɪ.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪ.əl
- Hyphenation: rep‧ta‧tor‧i‧al
Adjective
[edit]reptatorial (not comparable)
Related terms
[edit]- reptant
- reptation
- reptatory (obsolete)
- reptilarium
- reptile
- reptilian
- reptiliary
- reptiliferous (archaic)
- reptiliform (obsolete, rare)
- reptilious
- reptilism (archaic)
- reptility
- reptilivorous (obsolete)
- reptillery (rare)
- reptiloid
Translations
[edit]crawling, creeping — see also reptant
References
[edit]- ^ “reptatorial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reh₁p-
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹɪ.əl
- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹɪ.əl/5 syllables
- English lemmas
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- English uncomparable adjectives
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