reptilianness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/
Etymology
From reptilian + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of having reptile characteristics.
And it wasn't just because he took her to the theater, the best movies, the most expensive restaurants (which reptile people always do to make up for their reptilianness).
1973, Sarah Lyddon Morrison, The Modern Witch's Spellbook, page 135:The first option would require that we are aware of properties such as clumsiness, reptilianness, and felineness by being aware of objects that actually possess those properties.
2005, William Fish, Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction, page 25:That the combination was perfectly capable of overriding any repugnance people might feel toward his additionally overwhelming reptilianness had already been demonstrated, in response to his first interview on 3-V.
2000, James Blish, A Case of Conscience, page 148:
Synonyms
Translations (7)
es reptilianidad (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · pl gadziość (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · nl reptieligheid (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · ms kereptiliaan (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · nl reptielachtigheid (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · fi matelijuus (embodiment of reptile characteristics) · fi matelijamaisuus (embodiment of reptile characteristics)