reptiliousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɹɛpˈtɪlɪəs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ɹɛpˈtɪljəs/, /ɹɛpˈtɪliəs/
• 韻: -ɪlɪəs, -ɪljəs, -ɪliəs

形容詞

reptilious (comparative more reptilious, superlative most reptilious)

1. (dated) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.

   Synonyms: reptant, reptatorial, reptatory, reptitious

   • 1771, William Pardon & al., A New General English Dictionary, 14th ed., s.v. "Reptilious":

     Reptilious, creeping, crawling, swarming upon the belly, etc.

2. (dated) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, of or related to members of the class Reptilia.

   Synonyms: reptilian, saurian; see also Thesaurus:reptilelike

   • 1858 December 8, Birmingham Daily Post, page 4:

     The lecturer... pointed out the peculiar difference in the process of breathing which distinguished the reptilious from the aquatic species.

参照

• “reptilious, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.