Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reptilianness

/ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rep-til-i-an-ness
IPA: /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of having reptile characteristics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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)."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

From reptilian + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: reptilian

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

reptility

Questions

How do you pronounce reptilianness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɛpˈtɪl.i.ən.nɪs/.
What does reptilianness mean?: The quality of having reptile characteristics.
Where does reptilianness come from?: From reptilian + -ness.

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