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lizard-brained

lizard-brained adjective: driven by instinct or impulse rather than rational thought.

Adjective

lizard-brained (comparative more lizard-brained, superlative most lizard-brained)

  1. Driven by instinct or impulse rather than rational thought.

Forms of lizard-brained

comparativemore lizard-brained
superlativemost lizard-brained
alternative formlizard brained

Questions about lizard-brained

What does lizard-brained mean?
Lizard-brained means driven by instinct or impulse rather than rational thought.
What part of speech is lizard-brained?
Lizard-brained is an adjective.

Words near lizard-brained in the dictionary

  1. Lizard Point
  2. lizard tail
  3. lizard tails
  4. lizard's tail
  5. lizard's tails
  6. lizard-brained
  7. lizard-folk
  8. lizard-hipped
  9. lizard-stone
  10. Lizardbreath
  11. lizarddom

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