English Explanatory Dictionary

lizard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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, a long tail and four limbs, although some species are legless.
  2. Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
  3. An unctuous person.
  4. A coward.
  5. 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.
  6. A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
name
  1. A peninsula in southern Cornwall, England.
name
  1. 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)

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪz.əːd/ [ˈlɪz.əːd] /ˈlɪz.ɚd/ [ˈlɪz.ɚd] ~ [ˈlɪz.ɹ̩d] en-us-lizard.ogg /ˈlɪzə(r)ɖ/ /lɪˈzɜ(r)ɖ/ /lɪˈzɑ(ɾ)ɖ/

Word forms

lizard lizards the Lizard

Etymology

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).

Related words

Lizard Point Weston-under-Lizard

Derived words

alderman lizard alligator lizard alpine meadow lizard basilisk lizard beaded lizard bearded lizard bleed the lizard bluelizardite blue-tongued lizard blue-tongue lizard bobtail lizard bunchgrass lizard bunk lizard caiman lizard canteen lizard changeable lizard Chinese crocodile lizard collared lizard crib lizard crocodile lizard dabb lizard draco lizard dragon lizard drain the lizard Eastwood's whip lizard fence lizard flat lizard flying lizard frilled lizard frilled neck lizard frilled-neck lizard frill-necked lizard frilly lizard fringe-toed lizard fuck-you lizard glass lizard Goldman's bunchgrass lizard green lizard ground lizard horned lizard house lizard Jesus lizard Jesus Christ lizard Jew lizard La Gomera giant lizard lasagna lizard legless lizard leopard lizard lesbian lizard lion lizard lizard beetle lizard brain lizard brained lizard-brained Lizardbreath lizard catshark lizardfish lizard fish lizardfolk lizard-folk
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