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Reptitious

//ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// adj

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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."

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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