reptitious
10 synonyms for reptitious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Moving low along the ground, as a reptile does.
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2. adj
(figurative) Cold and untrustworthy, like a reptile.
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.
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