lizard

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless.

   The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.

2. 2
   noun

   Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

   Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

   Lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard.

4. 4
   noun

   relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

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).

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