reptile
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English reptil, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French reptile, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. rēptile, neuter of reptilis (“creeping”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin rēpō (“to creep”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *rep- (“to creep, slink”) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪl
Noun
reptile (plural reptiles)
- A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia.
- (figuratively) A mean or grovelling person.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote?), Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- "That reptile," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:reptile
Related terms
- mammal-like reptile
- Reptilia
- reptilian
- reptilianness
- reptiliology
- reptiliologist
- reptiliologists [1]
Translations
a cold-blooded vertebrate
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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
- (Can we date this quote by Burke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.
- (Can we date this quote by Coleridge and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 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
French
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
reptile m (plural reptiles)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “reptile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) rēptile
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