reptitious

发音

UK /ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/
其它
US /ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/

词形变化

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.

    废旧

    Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.

    废旧

    Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate.

词源

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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