reptilelike C2+ Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈrɛptaɪlˌlaɪk/ UK /ˈrɛptaɪlˌlaɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj resembling a reptile in appearance or manner His cold, reptilelike stare unsettled everyone at the table. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · resembling a reptile in... reptiliansaurianserpentinecold-blooded Word family Related forms reptilereptilian Etymology AI details From reptile + -like; reptile from Late Latin reptile ('creeping thing'), from repere ('to creep, crawl'). reptile Latin repere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reptilelike **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈrɛptaɪlˌlaɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛptaɪlˌlaɪk/ ## Meanings 1. resembling a reptile in appearance or manner ## Examples - His cold, reptilelike stare unsettled everyone at the table. ## Synonyms - reptilian - saurian - serpentine - cold-blooded ## Related Forms - reptile - reptilian ## Roots and Affixes - Root: reptile - Root: repere ## Etymology From reptile + -like; reptile from Late Latin reptile ('creeping thing'), from repere ('to creep, crawl'). ## AI Etymology Reptilelike comes from reptile + -like; reptile from Late Latin reptile ('creeping thing'), from repere ('to creep, crawl'). The historical chain includes Latin reptile and Latin repere. Older glosses in the chain include "creeping thing" and "to creep, crawl", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reptilelike is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "resembling a reptile in appearance or manner". related forms include reptile and reptilian. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown