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See also:Reptile,réptile,andrep-tile

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishreptil, fromOld Frenchreptile, fromLate Latinrēptile, neuter ofreptilis(creeping), fromLatinrēpō(to creep), fromProto-Indo-European*rep-(to creep, slink) (Pokorny; Watkins, 1969).

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reptile
reptile
alligator
alligator
alligator
crocodile
crocodile
crocodile
chameleon
chameleon
chameleon
dinosaur
dinosaur
dinosaur
lizard
lizard
lizard
snake
snake
snake
turtle
turtle
turtle

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Noun

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reptile (pluralreptiles)

  1. (informal) Any member of the classReptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.[from 19th c.]
  2. (zoology, cladistic) Any member of Reptilia, including birds.
  3. (loosely, historical) A reptile or amphibian.[from 18th c.]
    Synonyms:herptile,herp
  4. (figuratively, dated) Amean,grovelling,loathsome orrepulsive person.
    • 1749,Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:A[ndrew] Millar, [],→OCLC:
      This work may, indeed, be considered as a great creation of our own; and for a littlereptile of a critic to presume to find fault with any of its parts, without knowing the manner in which the whole is connected, and before he comes to the final catastrophe, is a most presumptuous absurdity.
    • 1836 March –1837 October,Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, inThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London:Chapman and Hall, [], published1837,→OCLC:
      "Thatreptile," whispered Pott, catching Mr. Pickwick by the arm, and pointing towards the stranger. "That reptile — Slurk, of the Independent!"
    • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym;Emily Brontë], chapter XXVII, inWuthering Heights: [], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Thomas Cautley Newby, [],→OCLC:
      [] If I pitied you for crying and looking so very frightened, you should spurn such pity. Ellen, tell him how disgraceful this conduct is. Rise, and don’t degrade yourself into an abjectreptile—don’t!

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Translations

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a cold-blooded vertebrate

Adjective

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reptile (notcomparable)

  1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
  2. Grovelling; low; vulgar.
    areptile race or crew   reptile vices

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinrēptilis.

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Noun

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reptile m (pluralreptiles)

  1. reptile

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Latin

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Etymology

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Substantivized neuter ofrēptilis(creeping), taken from the phraseanimal rēptile.

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Noun

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rēptile n (genitiverēptilis);third declension

  1. (Late Latin) areptile

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singularplural
nominativerēptilerēptilia
genitiverēptilisrēptilium
dativerēptilīrēptilibus
accusativerēptilerēptilia
ablativerēptilīrēptilibus
vocativerēptilerēptilia

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