Reptatorial
//ˌɹɛp.təˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Crawling, creeping. not-comparable
Etymology
From reptatory (“crawling, creeping”) + -al (suffix forming adjectives). Reptatory is probably derived from New Latin reptatorius (used in the binomial nomenclature of species), from Latin rēptātus (“on which one has crawled; where one has swum”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives); rēptātus is the perfect passive participle of rēptō (“to crawl or creep (over or through)”), the frequentative form of rēpō (“to crawl, creep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.
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