reptilianness

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English

WOTD – 5 April 2012

Etymology

From reptilian +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: rep‧til‧i‧an‧ness

Noun

reptilianness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of having reptile characteristics.
    • 1973, Sarah Lyddon Morrison, The Modern Witch's Spellbook‎, page 135:
      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).
    • 2000, James Blish, A Case of Conscience‎, page 148:
      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.
    • 2005, William Fish, Philosophy of Perception: A Contemporary Introduction‎, page 25:
      The 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.

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