reptilian

adj
/ɹɛpˈtɪliən/UK/ɹɛpˈtɪljən/US

Etymology

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

  1. derived from *rep-
  2. derived from rēpō
  3. derived from rēptile
  4. derived from reptile
  5. inherited from reptil
  6. suffixed as reptilian — “reptile + -ian

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Reptilelike.

    • It is filled with blazing fires and half-human, half-animal beasts, with spiked reptilian tails.
  3. Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

    2. A reptilian animal

      A reptilian animal: a reptile.

    3. A reptilian person, especially (ethnic slur) a Jew.

    4. A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race…

      A reptilian alien, especially (ufology, often capitalized) of a shapeshifting race alleged to secretly control the world.

      • Such powerful human families would descend upon the reptilians themselves and they would be willing to do just anything to retain their power.
      • The reptilians are the creation of the Carians.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for reptilian. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA