Dictionary

lizardy en · ADJ

Etymology

From lizard + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lizard.
   • “It’s a lizardy sort of Beast,” I explained. “Charlotte says it’s a dragon, but she doesn’t really know much about beasts.” 1898, Kenneth Grahame, “The Reluctant Dragon”, in Dream Days, London: The Bodley Head, page 153:
   • Now he began to move his tongue between his dry lips in little lizardy motions, 1955, Patrick White, chapter 12, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 171:
   • I demand to know where that funny winged lizardy creature came from — and where it went! America wants to know! 2005, Gregory Maguire, Elaine Clayton, One Final Firecracker:

Forms

Synonyms

lacertian · lacertine · lizardlike