Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of having reptile characteristics.
And it wasn't just because he took her to the theater, the best movies, the most expensive restaurants (which reptile people always do to make up for their reptilianness).
1973, Sarah Lyddon Morrison, The Modern Witch's Spellbook, page 1352 more examples
That the combination was perfectly capable of overriding any repugnance people might feel toward his additionally overwhelming reptilianness had already been demonstrated, in response to his first interview on 3-V.
2000, James Blish, A Case of Conscience, page 148The first option would require that we are aware of properties such as clumsiness, reptilianness, and felineness by being aware of objects that actually possess those properties.
2005, William Fish, Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction, page 25Synonyms: reptility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of having reptile characteristics.
Origin
Translations
Dutch reptieligheid, reptielachtigheid
- reptieligheidembodiment of reptile characteristics
- reptielachtigheidembodiment of reptile characteristics
Finnish matelijamaisuus, matelijuus
- matelijamaisuusembodiment of reptile characteristics
- matelijuusembodiment of reptile characteristics
Malay kereptiliaan
- kereptiliaanembodiment of reptile characteristics
Polish gadziość
- gadziośćembodiment of reptile characteristics
Spanish reptilianidad
- reptilianidadembodiment of reptile characteristics
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Cite this entry
reptilianness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reptilianness
“reptilianness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reptilianness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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