reptilian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹɛpˈtɪljən/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹɛpˈtɪliən/ (UK)
- /ɹɛpˈtɪliən/ (US)
Etymology
From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).
The Mesozoic represents that time on Earth when life flourished, but when such life was primarily reptilian, before the Age of Mammals.
2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
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Reptilelike.
It is filled with blazing fires and half-human, half-animal beasts, with spiked reptilian tails.
1982 February 6, Marsha Maurer, “Works in Progress”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 6:
- (figuratively) Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.
- (figuratively) Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more reptilian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most reptilian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reptilian brained · reptilianness · reptilian brain · reptilianism · reptilianly · nonreptilian
Synonyms
traitorous · emotionless · groveling · treachersome · reptilian · unemotional · ugly · pitiable · reprehensible · illoyal · trashy · swike · unsteadfast · unloyal · reptitious · nonemotional · choical · unfaithful · dedecorous · reptilious · punk · reprehensive · scurvy · doublehearted · double-hearted · derisible · false · treacherous · unwashed · proditory · scabbed · ignominious · traitorish · nonfeeling · sordid · discreditable · unfeeling · renegade · immovable · wretched · miserable · vulgar · lame · shit · dishonorable · dull · viperous · false-hearted · plebeian · double-faced · hylic · laughable · degraded · vile · falseheart · paltry · phlegmatic · trothless · pissass · alexithymic · reptitious · scald · lousy · faithless · unworthy · cold-hearted · traitorsome · despicable · viperish · hollow-hearted · disreputable · saurian · proditorious · damnable · despicable · low · reptilelike · disleal · Judasly · slimy · emotionless · roynish · outrageous · reptitious · disloyal · disdainable · pathetic · dirty · dead inside · booky · double-crossing · unsentimental · insidious · unsophisticated · cold-blooded · nonsentimental · unmovable · Punic · carrion · contemptible · impassible · Judaslike · inglorious · loathsome · scummy · reptilious · shameful · sorry · cringing · worthless · cheap · reptilian · recreant · weak · reptitious · base · putrid · double-dealing · impassive · sauroid · nonpassionate · clinical · saurian · risible · mean · reptilian · guileful · dastardly · apathistical · filthy · nonfaithful · ludicrous · ignoble · unpassionate · ratlike · uncommendable · hylical · mean-spirited · sleazy · stolid · unmentionable · pitiful · perfidious · blameworthy · insensible · beggarly · reptile · unleal · traitorlike · infidelitous · despisable · traitorly · viperous · guiled · slavish · untrue · obscene · disgraceful · scornworthy · deplorable · uncool · shabby · viperish · dispassionate · execrable · deridable · reptitious · loathsome · reptitious · ridiculous · abject