Lizard

//ˈlɪz.ɚd// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.
  2. 2
    A village in Landewednack parish, on the peninsula near Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly village in England, also known as Lizard Town (OS grid ref SW7012)
Noun
  1. 1
    Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless.

    "The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings."

  2. 2
    relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail wordnet
  3. 3
    Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles. attributive

    "Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown"

  4. 4
    a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him wordnet
  5. 5
    An unctuous person. colloquial
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  1. 6
    A coward. colloquial
  2. 7
    A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
  3. 8
    A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female. in-compounds

    "lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

Etymology 2

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.

Etymology 3

Recorded as Lisart 1086 (Domesday Book); a corruption of Cornish Lysardh (literally “high court”), influenced by lizard.

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