English Explanatory Dictionary

reptitious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
  2. Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.

Pronunciation

/ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ /ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reptitious.wav

Word forms

reptitious more reptitious most reptitious

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.

Synonyms

reptant reptatorial reptatory reptilious reptile reptilian viperish viperous alexithymic apathistical clinical dull phlegmatic cold-blooded cold-hearted dead inside dispassionate emotionless immovable impassible impassive insensible nonemotional nonfeeling nonpassionate nonsentimental stolid unemotional unfeeling unmovable unpassionate unsentimental reptilelike reptitious saurian sauroid booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced double-hearted doublehearted faithless false falseheart false-hearted guiled guileful hollow-hearted illoyal infidelitous insidious Judaslike Judasly nonfaithful perfidious proditorious
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