Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of or relating to the members of the class Reptilia (reptiles).

    of or relating to the class Reptilia

  2. Reptilelike.

  3. (figuratively)Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

  4. (figuratively)Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Tom is secretly a reptilian humanoid.

  2. Martino was killed by a reptilian alien.

  3. "I'm not a reptilian," said the reptilian.

    ru«Я не рептилия», — сказала рептилия. — marafon

  4. Tom is a reptilian; I saw him shapeshift.

  5. Tom believes that shape-shifting reptilians secretly control the world.

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Origin

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

From reptile + -ian, replacing earlier reptilious and adjectival reptile.

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