reptitious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/    美 /ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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.

词形变化

more reptitious comparative most reptitious superlative

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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