Meaning of reptitious | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of reptile: creeping, crawling.
   obsolete
2. Synonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.
   obsolete

Examples

“Reptitious, ſtealing or creeping on by degrees.”

“Reptile or Reptitious, that creeps; or, by privy means, gets to high estate.”

“Some Serpents are reptitious, creep on the Belly, and some have Feet.”

“Whether [dysentery] proceeds from... some Occult cause, no venomous Creature living [in Ireland] to suck that which may be thought... well distributed amongst reptitious Animals, I shall not determine.”

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