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lizardy

lizardy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a lizard.

Adjective

lizardy (comparative more lizardy, superlative most lizardy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a lizard.
    • “It’s a lizardy sort of Beast,” I explained. “Charlotte says it’s a dragon, but she doesn’t really know much about beasts.”1898, Kenneth Grahame, “The Reluctant Dragon”, in Dream Days, London: The Bodley Head, page 153
    • Now he began to move his tongue between his dry lips in little lizardy motions,1955, Patrick White, chapter 12, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 171

Synonyms of lizardy

Forms of lizardy

comparativemore lizardy
superlativemost lizardy

Origin of lizardy

From lizard + -y.

Questions about lizardy

What does lizardy mean?
Lizardy means resembling or characteristic of a lizard.
What part of speech is lizardy?
Lizardy is an adjective.

Words near lizardy in the dictionary

  1. lizards
  2. lizardskin
  3. lizardskins
  4. lizardtail
  5. lizardtails
  6. lizardy
  7. Lizarraga
  8. Lizarragas
  9. lizas
  10. Lizbeth
  11. Lizcano

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