reptitious
/ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/US/ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/
reptitious adjective: synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
Adjective
reptitious (comparative more reptitious, superlative most reptitious)
- Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
- Reptitious, ſtealing or creeping on by degrees.[1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “Reptitious”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC, column 2
- Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate.1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, 2nd ed., s.v. "Reptile or Reptitious"
- Synonyms:
- reptant, reptatorial, reptatory, reptilious, reptile
- Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.
- Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate.1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, 2nd ed., s.v. "Reptile or Reptitious"
- Whether [dysentery] proceeds from... some Occult cause, no venomous Creature living [in Ireland] to suck that which may be thought... well distributed amongst reptitious Animals, I shall not determine.1675, Edmund Borlase, The Reduction of Ireland to the Crown of England, page 172
- Synonyms:
- reptilian, viperish, viperous, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted
Synonyms of reptitious
- reptant
- reptatorial
- reptatory
- reptilious
- reptile
- reptilian
- viperish
- viperous
- alexithymic
- apathistical
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- clinical
- dull
- phlegmatic
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- dead inside
- dispassionate
- emotionless
- immovable
- impassible
- impassive
- insensible
- nonemotional
- nonfeeling
- nonpassionate
- nonsentimental
- stolid
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unmovable
- unpassionate
- unsentimental
- reptilelike
- saurian
- sauroid
- booky
- dastardly
- disloyal
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
Forms of reptitious
| comparative | more reptitious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most reptitious |
Origin of reptitious
From Late Latin reptitius (“creeping”), corruption of Latin reperticius, from reptus (“crept, crawled”) + -īcius (“-itious”), from rēpere (“to creep, to crawl”), modified by English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repent, reptant, reptile, reptilious, surreptitious.
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Questions about reptitious
- What does reptitious mean?
- Reptitious means synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
- What part of speech is reptitious?
- Reptitious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce reptitious?
- Reptitious is pronounced /ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ (UK).
Words near reptitious in the dictionary
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