lizardom
lizardom noun: the state of being a lizard, or of belonging to the world of lizards; lizards, collectively.
Noun
lizardom (uncountable)
- The state of being a lizard, or of belonging to the world of lizards; lizards, collectively.
- His pose has also advanced one step at least towards lizardom: his legs and one of his arms seem to be glued together as if expecting to coalesce into a long body and tail; his right hand looks like a hind paw; and the sway of his body suggests reptilian flexibility.1991, Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Ernst Gall, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Volume 54, Issues 1-4, page 211
- So there were recognizable things such as lizards and squares, and realists argued that the abstracta of lizardom and squareness also had a real independent existence.1999, Donald G. Ellis, Crafting Society: Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory, page 71
Forms of lizardom
| alternative form | lizarddom |
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Origin of lizardom
From lizard + -dom.
Questions about lizardom
- What does lizardom mean?
- Lizardom means the state of being a lizard, or of belonging to the world of lizards; lizards, collectively.
- What part of speech is lizardom?
- Lizardom is a noun.
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