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lizard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈlɪzəd] (Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
• [ˈlɪzɚd] ~ [ˈlɪzɹ̩d] (General-American)
• /ˈlɪzɚd/ (General-American)
• [ˈlɪzəɾd] (Scotland)
• /ˈlɪzəd/ (Australia, British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• /ˈləzəd/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈlɪzəɾd/ (Scotland)
• [ˈləzəd] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

Meanings

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
   • The forms of the serpent and lizard exhibit almost every element of beauty and horror in strange combination; […] 1851, John Ruskin, chapter XX, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § XXX, pages 223–224:
   • The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings. a. 1823 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Hymn of Pan”, in Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, editor, Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and Henry L[eigh] Hunt, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 169:
   • Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks. 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
   • Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet. 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
   • When held in the hand, the lizard produces an amorous stimulus. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 139:
2. (attributive) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
   • Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, in The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.:
3. (colloquial) An unctuous person.
4. (colloquial) A coward.
5. A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6. (in-compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous woman.
   • lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Forms

Deriveds

bunk lizard · changeable lizard · ring-necked lizard · gliding lizard · lizardlike · fuck-you lizard · lizardry · Saint Croix ground lizard · flat lizard · night lizard · crib lizard · flying lizard · monitor lizard · lizard-folk · Jesus Christ lizard · lizardfish · lion lizard · lounge lizard · sailfin lizard · beaded lizard · La Gomera giant lizard · blue-tongue lizard · lizard-brained · Tenerife giant lizard · lizardness · scaly lizard · lizard tail · Jesus lizard · lizard-stone · lizardskin · fence lizard · bobtail lizard · lizard snake · glass lizard · lizardling · lizard fish · canteen lizard · whip lizard · draco lizard · fringe-toed lizard · lesbian lizard · Goldman's bunchgrass lizard · legless lizard · lizardman · thunder lizard · lounge-lizard · lizardfolk · horned lizard · frilled-neck lizard · frilly lizard · frilled neck lizard · blue-tongued lizard · Wegner's glass lizard · lizardy · Jew lizard · house lizard · spiny-tailed lizard · stump-tailed lizard · lizard-hipped · lizard brained · Eastwood's whip lizard · lizardly · zebra-tailed lizard · mesquite lizard · star lizard · lasagna lizard · bearded lizard · tree lizard · spiny lizard · side-blotched lizard · lizard beetle · woodlizard · drain the lizard · caiman lizard · alligator lizard · dabb lizard · Texas spiny lizard · alpine meadow lizard · sand lizard · worm lizard · wall lizard · bluelizardite · pine lizard · sleepy lizard · ground lizard · leopard lizard · lizardish · lizard-skin · Balkan green lizard · spectacled lizard · lizardless · lizard hawk · bunchgrass lizard · lizard orchid · western fence lizard · pit lizard · lot lizard · plated lizard · viviparous lizard · ocellated lizard · spiny lizard · dragon lizard · crocodile lizard · snake lizard · terrible lizard · basilisk lizard · frilled lizard · bleed the lizard · lizardom · Chinese crocodile lizard · rock lizard · Lizard Island · frill-necked lizard · green lizard · lizard brain · alderman lizard · lizard man · collared lizard · lizard catshark · lizard plant · pinecone lizard · Lizardbreath

Translations (341)

hu gyík (reptile) · kk кесіртке (reptile) · es lagarto (reptile) · si කටුස්සා (reptile) · ak ɔketew (reptile) · bo རྩངས་པ། (reptile) · vec ruxèrtola (reptile) · ka ხვლიკი (reptile) · ti ጠበቕ (reptile) · lzz მთხოლარი (reptile) · mr सरडा (reptile) · ks کینٛکہٕ لٔٹ (reptile) · hsn 四腳蛇 /四脚蛇 (reptile) · ps لټکه (reptile) · krc кеселекке (reptile) · ms cicak (reptile) · ro șopârlă (reptile) · os гӕгкуыри (reptile) · sc tziligherta (reptile) · xmf ხვილარი (reptile) · da firben (reptile) · lt dri̇́ežas (reptile) · ovd ella (reptile) · vec lisarda (reptile) · jv kadhal (reptile) · sc luxeta (reptile) · ug كەسلەنچۈك (reptile) · bn টিকটিকি (reptile) · rif tazermummešt (reptile) · et sisalik (reptile) · dlm lačar (reptile) · lij grîgoa (reptile) · kix tshò (reptile) · rm lischerna (reptile) · ga laghairt (reptile) · mww ntses qa (reptile) · vec bisèrgoła (reptile) · li aektes (reptile) · ar سِحْلِيَّة (reptile) · rap moko (reptile) · kw pedrevan (reptile) · eo lacerto (reptile) · he חַרְדּוֹן (reptile) · new माय्बिलि (reptile) · fr lézard (reptile) · tk paşlak (reptile) · kek tolokok (reptile) · tr kertenkele (reptile) · bho छिपकली (reptile) · pms lazerta (reptile) · sc tilicheta (reptile) · mt wiżgħa (reptile) · gag guşter (reptile) · tl butiki (reptile) · cv калта (reptile) · bg гу́щер (reptile) · sh gȕšter (reptile) · sc atalighelte (reptile) · kxd cacak (reptile) · tkr баӏнек (reptile) · sn dzvinyu (reptile) · akk 𒅴 𒋃 (reptile) · nrf lêzarde (reptile) · ru я́щерка f я́щер (reptile) · ast llagartesa (reptile) · nv naʼashǫ́ʼii (reptile) · nan-hbl 杜定 (reptile) · acw سَحْلِيَّة (reptile) · apw na’ishǫ́’ (reptile) · sc lugestra (reptile) · tt кәлтә (reptile) · sgs drėižā (reptile) · sc lugesti (reptile) · es chenca (tailless) (reptile) · da øgle (reptile) · cjs келескин (reptile) · sq hardhje (reptile) · ilo alutiit (reptile) · oc cernalha (reptile) · cdo 杜墊 /杜垫 (reptile) · chr ᏙᏲᎯᎳ (reptile) · izh sysälikko (reptile) · sh гу̏штер (reptile) · rif azermummu (reptile) · ary بوبريص (reptile) · te బల్లి (reptile) · osx egithassa (reptile) · dng шәмачунзы (reptile) · lv ķirzaka (reptile) · an sargantana (reptile) · bar adaxl (reptile) · sc atiligherta (reptile) · ajp حردون (reptile) · bua гүрбэл (reptile) · fi lisko (reptile) · ki njagathi (reptile) · vec luxèrta (reptile) · kaa gesirtke (reptile) · gld исэлэн (reptile) · ks کرٛینٛکہٕ لٔٹ (reptile) · es lagartija (reptile) · myv метьказ (reptile) · az kərtənkələ (reptile) · nap lacierto (reptile) · apc حردون (reptile) · crs lezar (reptile) · tr keler (reptile) · ia lacerta (reptile) · sc tiligherta (reptile) · sc caluxerta (reptile) · dng шәчунзы (reptile) · abe kakadôlôgw (reptile) · vec łuxèrtoła (reptile) · sah тыймыыт (reptile) · mg androngo (reptile) · pdt Äajdakjsel (reptile) · dta isel (reptile) · pap lagadishi (reptile) · scn gièrdula (reptile) · de Echse (reptile) · ltg škierzlots (reptile) · wa cwarpece (reptile) · it lucertola (reptile) · acm بريعصي (reptile) · sv ödla (reptile) · nn firfisle (reptile) · tg калтакалос (reptile) · km ជីងចក់ (reptile) · kn ಹಲ್ಲಿ (reptile) · nb firfisle (reptile) · izh suenliika (reptile) · ko 도마뱀 (reptile) · cmn 蜥蜴 (reptile) · pt lagarto (reptile) · pl pochlebca (unctuous person) · el σαύρα (reptile) · ady хьамплъыжь (reptile) · hak 蜥蜴 (reptile) · tn kgatlampane (reptile) · fa-ira مارْمولَک (reptile) · egl arzintèla (reptile) · sa मुषली (reptile) · oc angròla (reptile) · grc σαύρα (reptile) · tk kelpeze (reptile) · sah күлгэри (reptile) · lo ຈີ່ໂປ່ມ (reptile) · nds-de Evertasch (reptile) · cu ащеръ (reptile) · inh шолкъ (reptile) · pa کِرلی (reptile) · nch ketspali (reptile) · wym edikjys (reptile) · la lacerta (reptile) · hy մողես (reptile) · tg калпеса (reptile) · wa cwate-peces (reptile) · ket тульн (reptile) · sc tilicherta (reptile) · egl luśèrta (reptile) · ce моьлкъа (reptile) · kw peswarpaw (reptile) · de Eidechse (reptile) · gsw Heidenëchsli (reptile) · kaa kesirtke (reptile) · vo lasär (reptile) · kjh килескі (reptile) · oaa эсилэ (reptile) · ba кеҫәртке (reptile) · lez чурчул (reptile) · ady щыдырхъуае (reptile) · ast llagartu (reptile) · vec oxèrtola (reptile) · fo edla (reptile) · sl kuščar (reptile) · ja トカゲ (reptile) · gd laghairt (reptile) · chr ᏘᏲᎭᎵ (reptile) · pa ਕਿਰਲੀ (reptile) · is eðla (reptile) · mt gremxula (reptile) · yue 四腳蛇 /四脚蛇 (reptile) · vec luxèrtola (reptile) · crh kesertki (reptile) · krc гургун (reptile) · mnp 四跤蛇 (reptile) · uk я́щірка (reptile) · fy hagedis (reptile) · ky кескелдирик (reptile) · hi छिपकली (reptile) · sk jašterica (reptile) · nds-de Eevtask (reptile) · prs چَلْپَاسَه (reptile) · egl lusért (reptile) · gl lagarto (reptile) · kw pajarpaw (reptile) · gv jialgheer (reptile) · yi יאַשטשערקע (reptile) · mk гуштер (reptile) · eu musker (reptile) · apm ma’ishǫ́í (reptile) · ja 蜥蜴 (reptile) · as জেঠি (reptile) · srn lagadisa (reptile) · rif aḥarmšar (reptile) · sq hardhucë (reptile) · pl jaszczurka (reptile) · kl sisamavilik (reptile) · vls aketissn (reptile) · vi thằn lằn (reptile) · xnb tavincangai (reptile) · se deaččalakkis (reptile) · nan-hbl 蜥蜴 (reptile) · alt келескен (reptile) · yue 蜥蜴 (reptile) · sc atalighelta (reptile) · ta பல்லி (reptile) · gsw Heidëchsli (reptile) · eve исэл (reptile) · scn lucerta (reptile) · ykg валудул (reptile) · mtq bang bổl (reptile) · pdt Äajdakjs (reptile) · nci cuetzpalin (reptile) · unm këkahtaliakwe (reptile) · lo ກະປອມ (reptile) · wuu 四腳蛇 /四脚蛇 (reptile) · bar Adachsl (reptile) · mi ngaha (reptile) · tk suwulgan (reptile) · mi ngārara (reptile) · mkj kijesik (reptile) · sk jašter (reptile) · io lacerto (reptile) · pam lupisak (reptile) · af akkedis (reptile) · vec tarantèla (reptile) · ajp سَحْلِيَّة (reptile) · fur lisierte (reptile) · ar بُرْص (reptile) · nds-de Eerdditsch (reptile) · dsb jašćeŕ (reptile) · ur چِھپْکَلی (reptile) · cs ještěrka (reptile) · mfe lezar (reptile) · am እንሽላሊት (reptile) · tk as (reptile) · ca fardatxo (reptile) · kum гьалкъа (reptile) · nl hagedis (reptile) · mi moko (reptile) · or ଝିଟିପିଟି (reptile) · qu ararankha (reptile) · dsb jašćerica (reptile) · dz ཙི་ཙི་དམརམོ (reptile) · pl pochlebczyni (unctuous person) · sw mjusi (reptile) · sm mo'o (reptile) · vec ixèrdola (reptile) · tyv селеске (reptile) · he לְטָאָה (reptile) · th กิ้งก่า (reptile) · bar Eidachsl (reptile) · ca llangardaix (reptile) · nds-de Adderditsch (reptile) · ar عَظَاءَة (reptile) · cmn 油腔滑调的人 (unctuous person) · fa-ira سوسْمار (reptile) · eo ĝentilaĉulo (unctuous person) · to moko (reptile) · my အိမ်မြှောင် (reptile) · tkr калез (reptile) · gd dearc-luachrach (reptile) · kla qiiʔa (reptile) · za duzcoengmax (reptile) · sva ჰა̈შდა̈კუ̂ (reptile) · ca sargantana (reptile) · hil tiki (reptile) · nn øgle (reptile) · sc calixerta (reptile) · os гӕккуыритӕ (reptile) · szl jaszczurki (reptile) · fo ødla (reptile) · tk hažžyk (reptile) · ha ƙadangare (reptile) · ang āþexe (reptile) · be я́шчарка (reptile) · vec uxèrta (reptile) · hsb ješćelca (reptile) · txu êtuwa (reptile) · mi kumukumu (reptile) · sco lizard (reptile) · zza marmalok (reptile) · nnt oh!kaush-kiss (reptile) · lo ປອມຂາງ (reptile) · vec risàrdoła (reptile) · ckb مارمێلکە (reptile) · ttj omunya class 3 (reptile) · ne छेपारो (reptile) · nb øgle (reptile) · lb Omes (reptile) · br kazh-raden (reptile) · chc wapiri (reptile) · gl lagartixa (reptile) · scn lucèrtula (reptile) · kum гесертки (reptile) · rsk ящурка (reptile) · uz kaltakesak (reptile) · njo-jgl sangken (reptile) · sc cabixeta (reptile) · ar ضَبّ (reptile) · mn гүрвэл (reptile) · cy madfall (reptile) · ig ugwere (reptile) · ga earc (reptile) · xal гүрвлдә (reptile) · rm luschard (reptile) · ay jararankha (reptile) · sq hardhël (reptile) · id kadal (reptile) · qu qaraywa (reptile) · twf kʼùołàxenloʼóna (reptile) · gsw Aaideggs (reptile) · sc calaxerta (reptile) · mkj kieil (reptile) · arz سِحْلِيَّة (reptile) · nhn cuetzpalin (reptile) · haw moʻo (reptile) · sc lucesti (reptile) · yo aláǹgbá (reptile) · mrj шӓкшӓльӹ (reptile) · ht leza (reptile) · bug cica (reptile) · ml പല്ലി (reptile) · hak 狗嫲蛇 (reptile) · vec marisangola (reptile) · lb Eidechs (reptile) · ru я́щерица (reptile) · hak 山狗太 (reptile) · cs ještěr (reptile) · egy aSA-Z1 (reptile)