Reptitious
//ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling. obsolete
"Reptitious, ſtealing or creeping on by degrees."
- 2 Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous. obsolete
"Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate."
Example
More examples"Reptitious, ſtealing or creeping on by degrees."
Etymology
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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