reptitious

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/ Rhymes: -ɪʃəs === Adjective === reptitious (comparative more reptitious, superlative most reptitious) (obsolete) Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling. Synonyms: reptant, reptatorial, reptatory, reptilious 1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, 2nd ed., s.v. "Reptile or Reptitious": Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate. (obsolete) Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous. Synonyms: reptilian, viperish, viperous; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic, Thesaurus:reptilelike, Thesaurus:treacherous 1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, 2nd ed., s.v. "Reptile or Reptitious": Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate. === References === “† reptitious, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.